Today is Monday, 14th of May of 2018. It is the 134th day of the year.
There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year.
38 days until summer begins...
176 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018
(5 months and 23 days from today)
904 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 5 months and 20 days from today)
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:00 am
and sunset will be at 8:13 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 13 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:06 pm.
The first low tide will be at 5:21am
and the next low tide at 5:08 pm.
The first high tide will be at 12:07 pm
and the next high tide at 11:32 pm
Pollen count this week in the bay area ranges from 5.7 to 6.4, considered medium range, likely to cause allergic reactions to the predominant pollen.
The Moon is 1.4 % visible; a Waning Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 74.66° ENE
Moon Altitude: -3.72°
Moon Distance: 230820 mi
Next New Moon: Tomorrow May 15, 2018 at 4:47 am
The beginning of the Muslim holy month celebration of Ramadan occurs when the first light appears as the moon waxes with light.
Next Full Moon: Tuesday May 29, 2018 at 7:19 am
Next Moonrise: Today at 5:49 am
Today is…
International Dylan Thomas Day
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
National Underground America Day
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day
It’s also…
Hastings Banda's Birthday in Malawi
National Unification Day in Liberia
The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival in Japan.
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1910 – Ne Win, Prime Minister of Burma (1958–60, 1962–74)(d. 2002)
1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1952 – David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
And on this day in history…
1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1800 – The process of the U.S. Government moving the United States capital city from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. begins.
1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 – Civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.