Today Monday, 13th of November of 2017 is the 317th day of the year.
There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year...
358 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018
(11 months and 24 days from today)
1086 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
( 2 years 11 months and 21 days from today)
The sun will rise this morning at 6:49 am
and sun will set will be at 4:59 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 10 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 11:54 am.
The first low tide was at 1:00 am
and the next low tide will be at 2:02 pm.
The first high tide will be at 7:59 am
and the next high tide at 8:04 pm.
The Moon is currently 22.9% illuminated
A Waning Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 111.43° ESE
Moon Altitude: 31.68°
Moon Distance: 240174 mi
Next New Moon: Saturday November 18, 2017 at 3:42 am
Next Full Moon: Sunday December 3, 2017 at 7:46 am
Next Moonset: Today at 2:49 pm
Today is…
Actor's Day
National Indian Pudding Day
National Mom's and Dad's Day
Sadie Hawkins Day
Start a Rumor Day
World Kindness Day
World Orphans Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1838 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1918)
1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894)
1856 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1941)
1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1985)
1929 – Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (d. 2014)
1934 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
1938 – Jean Seberg, American-French actress and singer (d. 1979)
1939 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (d. 2014)
1946 – Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist
1949 – Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedan, and talk show host
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1969 – Lori Berenson, American activist
…And on this day in history…
1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1940 – Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
1947 – The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death
1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
2012 – A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific
2015 – A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.