Today is Monday, 14th of November of 2016, the 319th day of the year.
There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:51 am
and sunset will be at 4:58 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 7 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 11:55 am.
The first low tide will be at 4:12 am
and the next low tide at 5:05 pm.
The only high tide of the day will be at 10:34 am.
The Moon is now 99.8% illuminated, officially a Near Full Moon, now a Waning Gibbous
Moonrise Today: 5:40 pm↑ 71° East
Moonset Today: 6:45 am↑ 288° West
Supermoon Forecast: The Moon Hasn't Been This Close in Almost 69 Years
The next phase will be the Last Quarter Moon of the month in 7 days on Monday the 21st of November of 2016 at 12:33 am
Then we'll have a New Moon in 15 days on Tuesday the 29th of November of 2016 at 4:18 am
Today is International Girls Day
Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
National American Teddy Bear Day
National Pickle Day
National Spicy Guacamole Day
Operating Room Nurse Day
Spirit of National Speakers Association Day
World Orphans Day
It is also...
Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment in Guinea-Bissau
Bal Diwas, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru in India
Day of the Colombian Woman
Mobile Brigade Day in Indonesia
World Diabetes Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share your special day with...
1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787) Wolfgang's father
1805 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847) Felix's wife
1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
1904 – Dick Powell, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1963)
1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1907 – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003) He drew cartoons for the New Yorker magazine and wrote and illustrated a number of children's books.
1908 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) He created the TV show Gilligan's Island.
1917 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
1921 – Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997) He played the Dad in the 1960s TV situation comedy Family Affair.
1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
1922 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973) Charactered for how her hair hid one of her eyes.
1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) He was Col. Henry Blake on the TV series M*A*S*H.
1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator
1935 – King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
1939 – Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer. Remember Switched On Bach?
1943 – Peter Norton, American programmer and author
1944 – Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist
1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016)
1948 – Charles, Prince of Wales
1954 – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
1981 – Vanessa Bayer, American actress. Currently works on Saturday Night Live.
On this day in history….
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA.
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72
days.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.