Today is Monday, 13th of November of 2023
November 13 is the 317th day of the year
48 days remain until the end of the year.
38 days until winter begins
The sun is rising right now at 6:48:03 am
and sunset will be at 4:59:27 pm.
We will have 10 hours and 11 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 11:53:45 am.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 59.4°F
The first low tide was at 3:42 am at 2.59 feet
The first high tide of the day will be at 9:43 am at 6.32 feet
The next low tide at 4:43 pm at -0.57 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 11:41 pm at 4.74 feet
The Moon is 0.1% Visible
It’s a New Moon
The moon rises this morning at 7:13 am
and the moon sets this evening at 5:06 pm
Next phase of the moon will be the First Quarter Moon in a week from today, next Monday 20th of November of 2023 at 2:50 am
Today is…
(Sigd is about accepting the Torah and yearning for Israel and the Temple. It is thought to be the date on which God first revealed himself to Moses.)
Yesterday was Diwali, the festival of light
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
354 – Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (d. 430)
1838 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1918)
1856 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1941)
1928 – Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (d. 1977)
1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic
1934 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
1939 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (d. 2014)
1946 – Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist
1949 – Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1969 – Lori Berenson, American activist
…and on this day in history….
1922 – The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.
1940 – Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
1985 – Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
1995 – Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.