Today is Wednesday, the 26th of September of 2018. It is the 269th day of the year.
There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year. 86 days until winter begins
41 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018 ...
1 month and 11 days from today
The sun will rise at 7:02 am
and sunset will be at 6:58 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 56 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:00 pm.
The first high tide was at 12:48 am
and the next high tide will be at 1:07 pm.
The first low tide will be at 6:33 am
and the next low tide at 6:59 pm.
A low to medium pollen count in the fours this week, rising to a medium count in the fives, then going back down again.
The Moon is 97.8% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Moon Direction:↑ 242.44° WSW
Moon Altitude:34.52°
Moon Distance:242234 mi
Next New Moon: Oct 8, 2018 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Oct 24, 2018 9:45 am
Next Moonset: Today 8:25 am
Today is…
National Compliance Officer Day
National Situational Awareness Day
National Women's Health and Fitness Day
Today is also…
Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
National Good Neighbor Day (United States)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
1941 – David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1972 – Beto O'Rourke, Texas State Congressman
1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player
…and on this day in history…
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.