Today is Thursday, the 29th of March of 2018.
It is the 88th day of the year.
There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year.
84 days until summer begins....
222 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 06 2018.
(7 months and 8 days from today)
950 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 03 2020.
(2 years 7 months and 5 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:58 am
and the sun sets at 7:31 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 33 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:14 pm.
The first low tide was at 4:31 am
and the next low tide will be at 4:53 pm.
The first high tide will be at 10:41 am
and the next high tide at 11:41 pm.
The Moon is 94.9% visible; a Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 272.47° W
Moon Altitude: 10.84°
Moon Distance: 231247 mi
Next Full Moon: Saturday March 31, 2018 at 5:36 am
This is the second full Moon of the month—a Blue Moon.
The Full Worm Moon
At the time of this Moon, the ground begins to soften enough for earthworm casts to reappear, inviting the return of robins and migrating birds—a true sign of spring.
The Full Sap Moon
this is the time of year when the sap of sugar maples starts to flow.
Next New Moon: Sunday April 15, 2018 at 6:57 pm
Next Moonset: Today 6:11 am
Today is…
Knights of Columbus Founders Day
National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Today is also…
Boganda Day in the Central African Republic
Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion in Madagascar
Day of the Young Combatant in Chile
on this day in Women’s History…
1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
Born on this day…
March 29, 1885 (d. 1977) – Frances Bolton, created endowment to build a school of nursing at Western Reserve in 1933 after working with the Visiting Nurse Association and seeing the homes of the desperately poor, helped remove color lines in nursing, as Ohio Congresswoman worked for racial equality and equal pay, but not the ERA
March 29, 1918 (d. 1990) – Pearl Bailey, jazz and blues singer, won amateur contests in Harlem and Philadelphia when she was 22, sang with Cab Calloway (1945), starred in movies, goodwill ambassador for United Nations (1979)
March 29, 1928 (d. 1992) – Joan Kelly, set up a Master of Arts Program in Women’s History at Sarah Lawrence with Gerda Lerner, advanced feminist scholarship by calling for a “doubled vision” to resolve conflicts inherent in the desire for female inclusion under male dominance
Today is also the birthdays of…
1790 – John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1867 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
1899 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
1908 – Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1909 – Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)
1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
1918 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
1940 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1943 – Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter
1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
1943 – John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1947 – Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
1949 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
1955 – Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
1956 – Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (d. 1996)
1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
also on this day in history….
1871 – Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.