Today is Thursday, the 27th of September of 2018. It is the 270th day of the year.
There are 95 days remaining until the end of the year. 85 days until winter begins
40 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018...
(1 month and 10 days from today)
The sun rises at 7:03 am
and the sun sets at 6:57 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 54 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:00 pm.
The first high tide was at 1:32 am
and the next high tide will be at 1:37 pm.
The first low tide will be at 7:06 am
and the next low tide at the Golden Gate rolls in at 7:40 pm.
A low-medium pollen count for the next few days. 4.3 today.
2.7 predicted for Monday.
The Moon is currently 93.9% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 235.58° SW
Moon Altitude: 45.57°
Moon Distance: 240151 mi
Next New Moon: Oct 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Oct 24, 2018 at 9:45 am
Next Moonset: Today at 9:27 am
Today is…
National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Native American Women's Equal Pay Day
It’s also…
Consumación de la Independencia (Mexico)
French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)
Meskel (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar, September 28 on leap years)
Polish Underground State's Day (Poland)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You Share this day with…
1722 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
1896 – Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
1920 – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1994)
1924 – Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
1981 – Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
..and on this day in history…
1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1777 – American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
1903 – The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
1908 – Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
1962 – Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
1998 – The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.