Today is Wednesday, the 3rd of June of 2026
June 3 is the 154th day of the year
211 days remain until the end of the year.
18 days until summer begins
The sun rose at 5:48:38 am
and sunset will be at 8:28:11 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:08:24 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 62.6°F.
The first high tide was at 12:14 am at 5.73 feet
The first low tide will be at 7:34 am at -0.67 feet
The next high tide at 3:02 pm at 4.44 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach will be at 7:22 pm at 3.35 feet
The Moon is currently 91% visible
It's a Waning Gibbous moon
We'll have the Last Quarter Moon in 5 days on Monday the 8th of June of 2026 at 3:00 am
Today is....
Chimborazo Day (celebrating a significant mountain in the Andes)
Global Running Day
Impersonate Authority Day
Love Conquers All Day
National Chocolate Macaroon Day
National Egg Day
National Itch Day
National Tailors' Day
Repeat Day
World Bicycle Day
World Cider Day
World Clubfoot Day
Today is also....
Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mabo Day (Australia)
Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
World Bicycle Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with....
1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (died 1953)
1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (died 1950)
1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (died 1984)
1906 – Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)
1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (died 1997)
1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010)
1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died 1997)
1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (died 2007)
1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (died 1999)
1930 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (died 2020)
1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
1936 – Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
1950 – Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States
1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
....and on this day in history....
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
1992 – Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993 overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius.
2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
2013 – The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
