Today is Thursday, the 30th of May of 2024,
May 30 is the 151st day of the year
215 days remain until the end of the year.
21 days until summer begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 5:49:51 am
and sunset will be at 8:25:55 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 36 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:07:53 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 62.4°F.
The first high tide was at 4:08 am at 4.83 feet
The only low tide of the day will be at 11:06 am at -0.26 feet
and the next high tide at 6:18 pm at 5.19 feet
The Moon is currently 52.6% visible
It is the Third Quarter moon as of 10:13 this morning
Today is….
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day
Today is also….
Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
Canary Islands Day (Spain)
Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (d. 2016)
1943 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist (d. 2020)
1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1955 – Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter
1955 – Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
….and on this day in history….
1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.