Today Thursday, 22nd of September of 2016 is the 266th day of the year.
There are 100 days remaining until the end of the year.
47 days until Election Day.
32 days left to register to vote.
The sun rose at 6:59 am
and sunset will be at 7:05 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 6 minutes of daylight.
Fall Equinox is today, Sep 22 at 7:21 AM.
The solar transit will be at 1:02 pm.
The sun transit time, also referred to as sun-meridian transit time, is the time at which the sun passes over the observer's meridian line. Most often this time is used as local noon time and therefore will differ from longitude to longitude. For example, on April 29 the sun transit time in Boston, Massachusetts is 12:42 p.m., whereas the sun transit time for New York City, New York is 12:53 p.m. This is due to longitudinal distance between the two cities.
The first high tide will be at 5:25 am
and the next high tide at 4:43 pm.
The first low tide will be at 10:23 am
and the next low tide at 11:30 pm.
The moon is 59.8% illuminated, a waining Gibbous
gib·bous
ˈɡibəs/
adjective
(of the moon) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.
convex or protuberant.
Last Quarter Moon tomorrow, Friday the 23th of September of 2016 at 2:56 am
New Moon in 9 days Friday 30th of September of 2016 at 5:12 pm
First Quarter Moon in 17 days on Saturday the 8th of October of 2016 at 9:33 pm
Full Moon in 24 days on Saturday the 15th of October of 2016 at 9:23 pm
Today is...
Business Woman's Day
International Day of Radiant Peace
National Centenarian's Day
National Elephant Appreciation Day
National Hobbit Day
National Ice Cream Cone Day
National White Chocolate Day
Proposal Day
The First Day of Fall
World Rhino Day
Dear Diary Day (Chase's Calendar of Events)
Hobbit Day, the containing week is celebrated as Tolkien Week. (American Tolkien Society)
Independence Day (Bulgaria), celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
Independence Day (Mali), celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
OneWebDay, an annual day of Internet celebration and awareness, started in 2006.
Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)
World Car-Free Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with...
1791Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist
1885Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1957)
1902John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and producer (d. 1988)
1931Fay Weldon, English author and playwright
1943Toni Basil, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1946King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954Shari Belafonte, American actress
1958Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1959Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
1960Scott Baio, American actor
1976David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
on this day in history...
480 BCBattle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
1789The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
1862 A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
1919The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
1927Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
1975Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
1979A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
1980Iraq invades Iran.
1991The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.