Today is Wednesday, the 11th of April of 2018. It is the 101st day of the year.
There are 264 days remaining until the end of the year.
71 days until summer begins...
209 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(6 months and 26 days from today)
937 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 6 months and 23 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:39 am
and the sun sets at 7:43 pm.
We will have 13 hours and 4 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:11 pm.
The first low tide will be at 3:18 am
and the next low tide at 3:23 pm.
The first high tide will be at 8:57 am
and the next high tide at 10:20 pm.
The moon is 21.1 % visible; a waning crescent
We’ll have a New Moon in 4 days on Sunday the 15th of April of 2018 at 6:57 pm
First Quarter Moon in 11 days on Sunday the 22th of April of 2018 at 2:46 pm
and the next Full Moon shines in 18 days
on a Sunday, the 29th of April of 2018 at 5:58 pm
We’ll have another Quarter Moon in 26 days on a Monday, the 7th of May of 2018 at 7:09 pm
Today is…
[1935 – Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)]
It’s also…
Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas, observed in Costa Rica
[1856 – Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.]
[1755 – James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)]
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with..
145 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (d. 211)
1683 – Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (d. 1738) His best known composition was used as the opening theme of the public TV show Masterpiece Theater
1893 – Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)
1908 – Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)
1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1996)
1914 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)
1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)
1930 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist and academic
1938 – Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
1941 – Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter, the “diva” of The Flirtations, and AIDS activist (d. 1993)
…and on this day in history…
491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.