Today Tuesday, the 12th of December of 2017 is the 346th day of the year
There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year.
329 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(10 months and 25 days from today)
1057 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 10 months and 22 days from today)
The sun will rises at 7:17 am
and sun sets at 4:52 pm.
Today we will have 9 hours and 35 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:04 pm.
The first low tide was at 12:22am
and the next low tide will be at 1:47 pm.
The first high tide will be at 7:19 am
and the next high tide at 7:58 pm.
Moon: 28.0%
Waning Crescent
Moon Direction:↑ 125.09° SE
Moon Altitude: 32.41°
Moon Distance: 244025 mi
Next New Moon: Sunday December 17, 2017 at 10:30 pm
Next Full Moon: Monday January 1, 2018 at 6:24 pm
Next Moonset: Today at 1:56 pm
Today is…
Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts
Gingerbread House Day
National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day
National Ambrosia Day
National Ding-a-Ling Day
National Poinsettia Day
It’s also…
Constitution Day in Russia
Croatian Air Force Day in Croatia
Feast of Masá'il ("Questions"), the first day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í calendar
Ground Forces Day in Ukraine
Jamhuri Day, celebrates the independence of Kenya from Britain in 1963.
Kanji Day in Japan
Neutrality Day in Turkmenistan
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1821 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (d. 1880)
1863 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1944)
1893 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973)
1900 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1988)
1914 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (d. 2000)
1915 – Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1998)
1918 – Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
1923 – Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
1924 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer
1933 – Manu Dibango, Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player
1937 – Philip Ledger, English pianist, composer, and academic (d. 2012)
1938 – Connie Francis, American singer and actress
1940 – Dionne Warwick, American singer
1943 – Dickey Betts, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999)
1945 – Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (d. 1997)
1969 – Sophie Kinsella, English author and educator
1972 – Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
And on this day in history…
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
1911 – Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
1950 – Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1964 – Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.