Today is Tuesday, the 31st of October of 2023,
October 31 is the 304th day of the year
61 days remain until the end of the year.
51 days until winter begins
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:34:18 am
and sunset will be at 6:11:32 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 37 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 12:52:55 pm
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 60.4°F
the first high tide was at 1:48 am at 5.01 feet
The first low tide will be at 6:33 am at 2.86 feet
The next high tide will be at 12:23 pm at 6.43 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 7:32 pm at -0.72 feet
The Moon is currently 91.3% visible
It’s a Waning Gibbous
The Moon rises this evening at 8:10pm
Last Quarter Moon in 5 days on Sunday the 5th of November of 2023 at 1:37 am
Today is…
Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere,
Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31
(Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico)
National Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day
Today is also…
(Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)
as it was on this day in 1517 – The major event of the Protestant Reformation:
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)
King Father's Birthday (Cambodia)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You get to share Halloween candy with…
1445 – Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511)
1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1920 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1922 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
1936 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1937 – Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1941 – Sally Kirkland, American actress
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor (d. 2018)
1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994) (d. 2016)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist
1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
1961 – Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
And on this day in history….
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.