Today is Thursday, the 30th of August of 2018.
It’s the is the 242nd day of the year.
There are 123 days until the end of 2018.
67 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(2 months and 8 days from today)
and 795 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 2 months and 5 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:39 am
and sunset will be at 7:40 pm.
We will have 13 hours of daylight, today.
The solar transit will be at 1:09 pm.
The first high tide was at 2:20 am
and the next high tide at 2:59 pm.
The first low tide will be at 8:14 am
and the next low tide at 8:49 pm.
The Pollen count remains medium high at 7.7 today and tomorrow, then rises and steadies in the nines this weekend
The Moon is 84.7% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Moon Direction:↑ 212.56° SSW
Moon Altitude:51.49°
Moon Distance:242791 mi
Next New Moon: Sunday September 9, 2018 at 11:01 am
Next Full Moon: Monday September 24, 2018 at 7:52 pm
Next Moonset: Today at 10:32 am
Today is…
"August 30th" is the title of a song by Delirious?,.
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
It’s also…
Constitution Day in Kazakhstan
Constitution Day on Turks and Caicos Islands
Independence Day in Tartarstan
International Day of the Disappeared
Popular Consultation Day in East Timor
Saint Rose of Lima's Day in Peru
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To you! You share this day with…
1797 – Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1851)
1893 – Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1935)
1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)
1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (d. 1992)
1901 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (d. 1981)
1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
1917 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015)
1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)
1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1924 – Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1972)
1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator
1926 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010)
1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
1939 – John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004)
1943 – Robert Crumb, American illustrator
1944 – Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author
1972 – Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer
1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist and author
…and on this day in history…
AD 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
1835 – Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1992 – The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.