It's Pencil Day...
Today is Monday, the 30th of March of 2020,
276 days remain until the end of the year.
218 days until presidential elections
Tuesday November 03 2020
(7 months and 4 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:56 am
and sunset will be at 7:33 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 37 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:14 pm.
The first high tide was at 3:25 am
and the next high tide will be at 5:56 pm.
The first low tide will be at 10:19 am
and the next low tide at 10:00 pm.
The Moon is currently 30.6% visible
Moon Direction: 340.39° NNW↑
Moon Altitude: -29.03°
Moon Distance: 244917 mi
Next Full Moon: Tuesday April 7, 2020 at 7:35 pm
Next New Moon: Apr 22, 2020 7:25 pm
Next Moonrise: Today 10:42 am
Today is…
Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day
Today is also…
Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day in Trinidad and Tobago
School Day of Non-violence and Peace in Spain
On this day in history…
1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1870 – Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
2017 – SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket
And if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1135 – Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (April 6 also proposed, d. 1204)
1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (d. 1828)
1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (d. 1890)
1882 – Melanie Klein, Jewish Austrian-English psychologist and author (d. 1960)
1895 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (d. 1970)
1913 – Richard Helms, American soldier and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2002)
1913 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1948)
1930 – John Astin, American actor
1930 – Rolf Harris, Australian singer-songwriter
1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
1950 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor
1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper and actor
1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk show host
1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter
1979 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist