Today is Monday, the 6th of June of 2022
June 6 is the 157th day of the year
208 days remain until the end of the year.
15 days until summer solstice
Summer solstice 2022 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 2:13 AM on Tuesday, June 21
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 5:47:53 am
and sunset will be at 8:29:54 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 42 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:08:53 pm.
The first high tide will be at 3:14 am at 4.62 feet
The next low tide will be at 10:27 am at 0.11 feet
The next high tide at 5:55 pm at 2.84 feet
and the final low tide tonight at Ocean Beach will be at 11:39 pm at 2.84 feet
The Moon is 39.3% visible
It’s a Waxing Crescent moon
We’ll have the First Quarter Moon tomorrow morning Tuesday the 7th of June of 2022 at 7:48 am
Today is…
National "Thank God It's Monday" Day
National Gardening Exercise Day
Today is also…
Engineer's Day in Taiwan.
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea.
Memorial Day in South Korea.
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav Vasa.
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the USA.
On this day in history…
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
1936 – Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (d. 2008)
1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter
1954 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; twice a winner at the Tony Awards
1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer