Today is Monday, the 1st of October of 2018 is the 274th day of the year. There are 91 days remaining until the end of the year. 81 days until winter begins. 36 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018 ...
(1 month and 5 days from today)
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:06 am
and sunset will be at 6:51 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 45 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:58 pm.
The first high tide will be at 5:44 am and
the next high tide at 4:33 pm.
The first low tide will be at 10:17 am
and the next low tide at 11:29 pm.
It is the first day of the fourth quarter of the year.
A Low-Medium Pollen count
A Low Pollen count, coincidental with the rain that’s supposed to come through this week
The Moon is 60.2% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 139.07° SE
Moon Altitude: 67.88°
Moon Distance: 232396 mi
Next New Moon: Monday October 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Wednesday October 24, 2018 at 9:45 am
Next Moonset: Today at 1:41 pm
Today is …
International Day of Older Persons
International Raccoon Appreciation Day
It’s also …
Armed Forces Day in South Korea
Children's Day in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Sri Lanka
Day of Prosecutors in Azerbaijan
Children's Day in Chile, Singapore
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from the UN Trust Territory status in 1994.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
International Day of Older Persons
Lincolnshire Day in the United Kingdom
National Day of the People's Republic of China
Pancasila Sanctity Day in Indonesia
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with …
1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
1924 – Jimmy Carter, American lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
1946 – Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and screenwriter
… and on this day in history …
1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California.
1903 – The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
1957 – First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1982 – Sony launches the model CDP-101 compact disk player.
1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 851 others injured in a mass shooting on a music festival in Las Vegas. The gunman commits suicide when police locate him.