Today is Monday September 28, 2026
The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells me ….
Today is the 271st day of the year
94 days remain until the end of the year
84 days until Winter begins
And 270 To Win dot com Calculates we have 36* DAYS until the Midterm Elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Tides 4 Fishing dot com says….
The sun rise will be in a few minutes at 7:03:08 am
and sunset will be this evening at 6:56:05 pm
We will have 11 hours and 52 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 12:59:36 pm.
The first high tide was at 12:24 am at 5.26 feet
The first low tide will be at 5:56 am at 1.64 feet
The next high tide will be at 12:08 pm at 6.27 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be this evening at 6:43 pm at -0.03 feet
The Moon is currently 95.1 % visible
It was a full moon this past weekend
It’s now a waning gibbous moon
We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 5 days on Saturday the 3rd of October of 2026 at 6:25 am
CheckiDay says today’s holidays include….
British Home Child Day
Family Day
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Gold Lining Day
International Right to Know Day
National Drink Beer Day
National Good Neighbor Day
National Strawberry Cream Pie Day
Read a Child a Book You Like Day
….and according to Wikipedia, Today is also….
Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
International Day for Universal Access to Information
National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)
Teachers' Day (Taiwan and Chinese-Filipino schools in thePhilippines), ceremonies dedicated toConfucius are also observed.
World Rabies Day (International)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! According to Wikipedia, you get to blow out candles alongside….
551 BC –Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)
1836 –Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented theballcock (died 1910)
1841 –Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85thPrime Minister of France (died 1929)
1901 –William S. Paley, American broadcaster, foundedCBS (died 1990)
1901 –Ed Sullivan, American television host (died 1974)
1905 –Max Schmeling, German boxer (died 2005)\
1909 –Al Capp, American author and illustrator (died 1979)
1914 –Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American refugee and singer (died 2014)
1915 –Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (died 1953)
1923 –Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)
1928 –Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)
1929 –Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)
1934 –Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist (died 2025)
1938 –Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
1944 –Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
1950 –John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
1964 –Janeane Garofalo, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1967 –Moon Zappa, American actress and author
1968 –Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
1987 –Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
