Today is Tuesday, the 2nd of October of 2018.
It is the 275th day of the year.
There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year.
35 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018
a Tuesday 1 month and 4 days from today
The sun rises at 7:07 am
and sun sets at 6:49 pm.
we will have 11 hours and 42 minutes of daylight today.
The solar transit will be at 12:58 pm.
The first high tide will be at 7:05 am
and the next high tide at 5:42 pm.
The only low tide of the day will be at 11:39 am.
A very low pollen count, under 1 for the next few days as rain goes through our area…
The Moon is 48.9% visible; a Waning Crescent
Moon Direction:↑ 118.83° ESE
Moon Altitude:61.26°
Moon Distance:230735 mi
Next New Moon: Oct 8, 2018 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Oct 24, 2018 9:45 am
Next Moonset: Today 2:40 pm
Today is…
National Research Maniacs Food Day
It’s also…
Gandhi's birthday-related observances:
International Day of Non-Violence
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958.
National Grandparents Day in Italy
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (d. 1831)
1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
1871 – Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (d. 1955)
1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (d. 1974)
1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (d. 1956)
1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic
1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Ward Churchill, American author and activist
1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
1956 – Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
…and on this day in history…
1187 – Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1968 – Mexican President Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of students, ten days before the Olympic games will start.
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.