Today is Wednesday, the 22nd of December, 2021
December 22 is the 356th day of the year
nine days remain until the end of the year.
87 days until spring begins
The sun rises in San Francisco at 7:22:18 am
and the sun sets at 4:55:39 pm.
Today we will have 9 hours and 33 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:08:58 pm.
The first high tide was at 1:41 am at 4.76 feet
The first low tide will be at 6:11 am at 3.4 feet
The next high tide will be at 11:41 am at 5.77 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 6:55 pm at -0.44 feet
The Moon can be currently 90.0% visible
It’s a Waning Gibbous Moon
We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 5 days on Sunday the 26th of December of 2021 at 6:24 pm
Today is…
Today is also…
National Mathematics Day in India
On this day in history…
1807 – The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
1808 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1971 – The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France
1989 – Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
2010 – The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day…
1639 – Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (d. 1699)
1858 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1924)
1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)
1883 – Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)
1901 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)
1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
1922 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)
1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author
1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
1949 – Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
1949 – Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor