Monday, 31st of October of 2016 is the 305th day of the year.
There are 61 days remaining until the end of the year.
8 days until Election Day, a week from tomorrow!
The sun will rise here in San Francisco at 7:36 am
and the sun will set at 6:11 pm.
We will have 10 hours and 35 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:53 pm.
The first high tide will be at 1:01 am
and the next high tide at 12:19 pm.
The first low tide will be at 6:06 am
and the next low tide at 6:46 pm.
Moon: 0.7%, a Waxing Crescent moon
Moonrise Today: 8:19 AM↑ 106° East
Moonset Today: 7:12 PM↑ 252° West
We'll have the First Quarter Moon in 7 days Monday 7th of November of 2016 at 12:51 pm
A Full Moon in 14 days Monday 14th of November of 2016 at 6:52 am
The Last Quarter Moon in 21 days Monday 21st of November of 2016 at 1:33 am
and a New Moon in 29 days Tuesday 29th of November of 2016 at 5:18 am
Today is Halloween
Books for Treats Day
Carve a Pumpkin Day
Girl Scout Founder's Day
National Caramel Apple Day
National Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
National Knock Knock Jokes Day
National Magic Day
Reformation Day
Scare a Friend Day
Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Day
Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)
Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere:
Allantide in Cornwall
Halloween in Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places
Hop-tu-Naa in Isle of Man
Samhain (sah-win or sow-in) in the Northern Hemisphere,
Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere;
begins on sunset of October 31 among the Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year
The first day of the Day of the Dead, Dia De Los Muertos, celebrated until November 2 in Mexico
Día de la Canción Criolla Peruvian holiday
Reformation Day in Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Evangelical Churches and Lutheran Churches
Saci day in Brazil
World Savings Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share the same birthday as...
1632Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter
1795John Keats, British poet
1860Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of Girl Scouts of America
1875Eugene Meyer, American publisher of The Washington Post (1933-46)
1887Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975)
1896Ethel Waters, American jazz and blues singer and film actress
1912Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1920Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1922Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1931Dan Rather, American journalist
1937Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1942David Ogden Stiers, American actor and singer
1944Sally Kirkland, American actress
1945Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1950John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1950Jane Pauley, American journalist
1936Michael Landon, American television actor
1959Neal Stephenson, American author
1961Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966Mike O'Malley, American actor (He plays the bad guy in Sully)
1967Vanilla Ice, American rapper, producer, and actor
On this day in history...
683During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
1517Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
1864Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1913Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
1926Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures.
1938The day after his "War of the Worlds" broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed "deep regret" but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the show was real.
1941After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1961In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb.
1968President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.
1984Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
2011The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.