Today Monday, 27th of February is the 58th day of the year. There are 307 days remaining until the end of 2017. 617 days until Mid-Term Elections. 1345 days until the next Presidential Election. Today we will have 11 hours and 21 minutes of daylight. The solar transit will be at 12:22 pm. The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:42 am and sunset will be at 6:03 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 21 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:22 pm.
The first high tide was at 12:14 am
and the next high tide will be at 11:52 am.
The first low tide will be at 5:35 am
and the next low tide at 6:00 pm.
The Moon is only 1.1% illuminated; a Waxing Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 75.48° ENE
Moon Altitude: -26.67°
Moon Distance: 232947 mi
Next Full Moon: Mar 12, 2017 at 7:53 am
Next New Moon: Mar 27, 2017 at 7:57 pm
Next Moonrise: Today at 7:28 am
Today is…
International Polar Bear Day
National Kahlua Day
National Strawberry Day
No Brainer Day
Shrove Monday
Today is also...
Anosmia Awareness Day
Doctors' Day in Vietnam
Majuba Day, observed by some Afrikaners in South Africa
Marathi Language Day in Maharashtra, India
Independence Day in the Dominican Republic, celebrates independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.
World NGO Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1891 – David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (d. 1971)
1897 – Marian Anderson, American singer (d. 1993)
1902 – John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1923 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)
1934 – Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
1940 – Howard Hesseman, American actor
1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
1951 – Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (d. 1991)
1980 – Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
On this day in history...
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".