Today is Friday, the 18th of August of 2023
August 18 is the 230th day of the year
135 days remain until the end of the year.
36 days until autumn begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:28:02 am
and sunset will be at 7:58:02 pm
Today we will have 13 hours and 30 minutes of daylight today
The solar transit will be at 1:13:02 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 68°F
The first low tide is right about now 6:52 am at 0.21 feet
The first high tide will be at 1:24 pm at 5.15 feet
The next low tide at 6:52 pm at 2.24 feet
and The final high tide at Ocean Beach in the next 24 hours will be early tomorrow morning at 12:35 am at 5.45 feet
The Moon is currently 4.2% visible
It’s a Waxing Crescent moon
We’ll have a First Quarter Moon in 6 days on Thursday the 24th of August of 2023 at 2:57 am
Today is…
Today is also…
Armed Forces Day in North Macedonia
Birthday of Virginia Dare on Roanoke Island
Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day in Australia
National Science Day in Thailand
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
1917 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
1918 – Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961)
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1927 – Rosalynn Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States
1933 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (d. 1972)
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
1939 – Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
1943 – Martin Mull, American actor and comedian
1944 – Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004)
1952 – Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (d. 2009)
1953 – Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (d. 2010)
1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author
1962 – Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor
1969 – Christian Slater, American actor and producer
1970 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer
1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian
1989 – Anna Akana, American actress, comedian, musician, and YouTuber
…and on this day in history…
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1923 – The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
2019 – One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles.