Today Tuesday, 31th of October of 2017 is the 304th day of the year....
There are 61 days remaining until the end of the year.
371 days until Tuesday November 6, 2018
1 year and 7 days from today
1099 days until Tuesday November 3, 2020
3 years and 4 days from today
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:35 am
and sunset will be at 6:10 pm.
We will have 10 hours and 35 minutes of daylight today.
Solar noon will be at 12:52 pm.
The first low tide will be at 2:47 am
and the next low tide at 3:35 pm.
The first high tide will be at 9:37 am
and the next high tide at 9:40 pm.
Moon: 83.2%
Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 279.20° W
Moon Altitude: -22.61°
Moon Distance: 237440 mi
Next Full Moon: Friday November 3, 2017 at 10:22 pm
Next New Moon: Saturday November 18, 2017 at 3:42 am
Next Moonrise: Today at 4:31 pm
Today of course is Halloween, celebrated in Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places…
Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere:
Hop-tu-Naa on the Isle of Man
Samhain (‘so-wane”) in the Northern Hemisphere,
Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
The first day of All-hallow-tide, observed until November 6 (Western Christianity)
The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 in Mexico
In addition, it’s
Books for Treats Day
Carve a Pumpkin Day
Girl Scout Founder's Day
National Caramel Apple Day
National Doorbell Day
National Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
National Knock Knock Jokes Day
National Magic Day
Reformation Day
Scare a Friend Day
Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Day
World Savings Day
Today is also…
Día de la Canción Criolla in Peru
Today is also…
King Father's Birthday in Cambodia
Slovenia, Germany, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975)
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1920 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1922 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
1936 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1937 – Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1941 – Derek Bell, English race car driver
1941 – Sally Kirkland, American actress
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American Actor M*A*S*H
1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist
1961 – Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Mike O'Malley, American actor and comedian
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
…And on this day in history…
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb.
1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.