Today Wednesday, 4th of October of 2017 is the 277th day of the year...
There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.
398 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(1 year 1 month and 2 days from today)
1126 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(Tuesday 3 years and 30 days from today)
The sun rose this morning at 7:09 am
and the sun will set at 6:46 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:57 pm.
The first low tide was at 4:49 am
and the next low tide will be at 5:13 pm.
The first high tide will be at 11:29 am
and the next high tide at 11:35 pm.
The Moon is 97.9% illuminated; a Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction:↑ 256.15° WSW
Moon Altitude: 9.36°
Moon Distance: 235415 mi
Next Full Moon: Tomorrow, Thursday October 5, 2017 at 11:40 am
Next New Moon: Thursday October 19, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Next Moonset: Today at 5:50 am
Today is…
International Toot Your Flute Day
International Walk to School Day
National Golf Day
National Kale Day
National Pumpkin Seed Day
National Ships-in-Bottles Day
National Taco Day
National Vodka Day
Random Acts of Poetry Day
Ten-Four Day
Today is also…
Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
The beginning of World Space Week (International)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with...
1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1880 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)
1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)
1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist
1941 – Anne Rice, American author
1941 – Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter
1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist
1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 – Michael Mullen, American admiral
1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author
1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
1989 – Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
On this day in history...
1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1830 – The Provisional Government of Belgium secedes from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1876 – Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
1883 – First run of the Orient Express.
1895 – The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1936 – The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
2006 – Wikileaks is launched by Julian Assange.