September 27 is the 271st day of the year
95 days remain until the end of the year.
85 days until winter begins
Today Friday, 27th of September of 2024,
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:02:41 am
and sunset will be at 6:56:53 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 54 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 12:59:47 pm.
Water temperature in Aquatic Park today is 63.7°F.
the first low tide was at 2:04 am at 0.15 feet
The first high tide will be at 9:03 am at 5.14 feet
The next low tide will be at 2:17 pm at 2.78 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach will be tonight 7:45 pm.
The Moon is currenlty 23.5% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We’ll have a New Moon and an Annular Solar Eclipse in 5 days on Wednesday the 2nd of October of 2024 at 11:49 am
Today is….
National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Sport Purple for Platelets Day
Today is also….
Consumación de la Independencia (Mexico)
French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)
Independence Day (Turkmenistan), celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.
Meskel (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar, September 28 on leap years)
Polish Underground State's Day (Poland)
World Tourism Day (International)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1722 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, fourth Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1896 – Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
1924 – Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2022)
1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
1981 – Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1987 – Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
2002 – Jenna Ortega, American actress[53]
…and on this day in history….
1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1777 – American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
1903 – "Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.
1962 – Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
1975 – The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
1988 – The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
1998 – The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
2019 – Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
