Today is Wednesday, the 8th of August of 2018. It is the 220th day of the year.
There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.
45 days until autumn begins ...
90 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018
(2 months and 29 days from today)
818 days until presidential Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 2 months and 26 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:20 am
and sunset will be at 8:10 pm.
Today we will have 13 hours and 50 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:15 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:33 am
and the next low tide will be at 3:11 pm.
The first high tide will be at 10:45 am
and the next high tide at 9:29 pm.
A low-to-medium pollen count of 3.2, rising to a medium count of 5.5 this weekend
The Moon is currently 12.4% visible; a Waning Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 78.22° ENE
Moon Altitude: 18.10°
Moon Distance: 225296 mi
Next New Moon: Saturday August 11, 2018 at 2:57 am
Next Full Moon: a Sunday August 26, 2018 at 4:56 am
Next Moonset: Today at 6:02 pm
Today is…
National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
August Eighth (Russian: «Август. Восьмого», translit. Avgust. Vosʹmogo) (2012) is a Russian action drama film about the 2008 South Ossetia war.
It’s also…
Ceasefire Day in Iraqi Kurdistan
Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. in Mongolia and Taiwan
International Happiness Happens Day
Namesday of the Queen in Sweden
Vore Day, based on a pun between 8/8 and "Ate"/"Ate"
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with …
1857 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)
1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (d. 1933)
1907 – Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (d. 2003)
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (d. 1997)
1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1933 – Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1936 – Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator
1937 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
1944 – John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (d. 2015)
1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor
1951 – Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt
1951 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1961 – The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
1962 – Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor
1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
…and on this day in history…
1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1963 – Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
1969 – At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1969 – The Manson Family commits the Tate murders.
1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States