Today Tuesday, 6th of September of 2016 is the 250th day of the year.
There are 116 days remaining until the end of the year.
63 days until Election Day
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:45 am
and sunset will be at 7:30 pm
Today we will have 12 hours and 45 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:08 pm.
The first high tide was at 3:24 am
and the next high tide will be at 3:31 pm.
The first low tide will be at 9:01 am
and the next low tide at 9:52 pm.
The Moon is 23.3% illuminated, a Waxing Crescent moon
Moonrise Today: 11:37 AM↑ 105° East
Moonset Today: 10:37 PM↑ 253° West
The First Quarter Moon of the month will be Friday 9th of September of 2016 at 4:49 am in 3 days
We'll have a Full Moon on Friday 16th of September of 2016 at 12:05 pm in 10 days
Today is Another Look Unlimited Day
Barbie Doll Day
Fight Procrastination Day
Great Egg Toss Day
National Coffee Ice Cream Day
Read a Book Day
Stillbirth Remembrance Day
It's also….
Armed Forces Day in São Tomé and Príncipe
Defense Day or Army Day in Pakistan
Flag Day in Bonaire
Independence Day in Swaziland celebrating the independence of Swaziland from the United Kingdom in 1968
Unification Day in Bulgaria
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You get to share your special day with...
1860 – Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate the famed American social worker, reform activist and proponent of world peace. (d. 1935)
1877 – Buddy Bolden, American cornet player (d. 1930)
1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)
1899 – Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
1925 – Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1928 – Robert M. Pirsig, American novelist and philosopher
1937 – Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer
1939 – David Allan Coe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 – Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
1958 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
1979 – Foxy Brown, American rapper
On this day in history…
1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
1972The Munich Massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by the group Black September
1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
1996Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles hit his 500th career home run during a game against the Detroit Tigers.
1997Lady Diana Spencer's Funeral
2001Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the fifth player in baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season. (He finished the year with a record 73 homers.)
2005The California Legislature became the first legislative body in the nation to approve same-sex marriages. (Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger later vetoed the bill.)
2006President George W. Bush acknowledged previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects had been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.