KALW Almanac

"Is the caller there? Da?..." Phil Donahue broadcast from the Soviet Union on this day (and for a full week) in 1987.

Today is Wednesday, January 22, 2020.  344 days remain until the end of the year, 57 days until spring begins, and 41 days until the first primaries. 286 days until the 2020 presidential election.

• Sunrise: 7:21am         
• Sunset: 5:22pm ...giving us 10 hours of daylight.  10% of the waning crescent moon will be visible, rising at 5:43am.  
  

Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama!

Today is Friday, January 17, 2020.  Only 291 days until the 2020 Presidential Election.    

• Sunrise: 7:23am         
• Sunset: 5:16pm ...giving us 9 hours and 52 minutes of daylight.  58% of the waning gibbous moon will be visible, rising at 12:16am.  

It's Oysters Rockefeller Day...yum!

Today is Friday, January 10, 2020.  Only 298 days until the 2020 Presidential Election.    

• Sunrise: 7:25am        
• Sunset: 5:09pm ...giving us 9 hours and 44 minutes of daylight.   98% of the waxing crescent moon will be visible, rising at 5:17pm.  
  

Happy State-dom, Alaska (1959)!

Today is Friday, January 3, 2020.  Only 305 days until the 2020 Presidential Election.    

• Sunrise: 7:26am        
• Sunset: 5:03pm ...giving us 9 hours and 38 minutes of daylight.   

46% of the waxing crescent moon will be visible, rising at 12:31pm.