Today is Monday, the 24th of July of 2023,
July 24 is the 205th day of the year
160 days remain until the end of the year.
61 days until autumn begins
The sun will rose this morning at 6:06:50 am
and sunset will be at 8:25:11 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 18 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 1:16:00 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 64.9°F.
We had a high tide early this morning at 3:10 am at 4.27 feet
We’ll have a low tide later this morning at 9:27 am at 1.31 feet
Next high tide today at 4:22 pm at 5.43 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 1.99 feet
The Moon is currently 36% visible
It’s a Waxing Crescent moon
We’ll have the First Quarter Moon tomorrow Tuesday the 25th of July of 2023 at 3:07 pm
Today is…
Today is also…
Police Day in Poland
Simón Bolívar Day in Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia
It’s also Navy Day in Venezuela
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, second President of Venezuela (d. 1830)
1860 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1939)
1880 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator (d. 1959)
1897 – Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (d. 1937)
1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948)
1920 – Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist
1936 – Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian
1946 – Gallagher, American comedian and actor (d. 2022)
1951 – Lynda Carter, American actress
1952 – Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1964 – Barry Bonds, American baseball player
1969 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, and dancer
…and on this day in history…
1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. A candy bar is named after him.
1935 – The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
1967 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1987 – Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
