Today Monday, the 21st of August of 2017 is the 233rd day of the year...
There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year.
442 days until Mid-Term Elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
( 1 year 2 months and 16 days from today)
1170 days until Presidential Elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(3 years 2 months and 13 days from today)
The sun will rise at 6:32 am
and the sun will set will be at 7:54 pm.
Today we will have 13 hours and 22 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:13 pm.
The first low tide was just now at 5:45am
and the next low tide at 5:48 pm.
The only high tide of the day will be at 12:45 pm.
The Moon is brand new at 0.1% illumination, still a Waning Crescent
We will have a complete New Moon this morning at 11:30 am
Moon Direction:↑ 59.78° ENE
Moon Altitude: -15.66°
Moon Distance: 230618 mi
Next Full Moon: Wednesday September 6, 2017 at 12:02 am
The Next Moonrise will be at 6:21 this morning
At 9:01 this morning the Partial Eclipse begins. The Moon touches the Sun’s edge.
At 10:15 today, it will be the Maximum Eclipse. The Moon is closest to the center of the Sun. We will see only a crescent, or a banana shape of the sun.
Then at 11:37 am, the Partial Eclipse ends. The Moon leaves the Sun’s edge.
Today is…
Cupcake Day
National Brazilian Blowout Day
National Spumoni Day
Senior Citizens Day
Stay Home with Your Kids Day
It’s also…
Ninoy Aquino Day in Philippines
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share this special day with…
1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995)
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1944 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1986 – Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
1988 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
On this day in history…
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites.
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles, is founded.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
1961 – American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy." Rib pain lingering from her near fatal car accident earlier in the year had kept her vocal range stifled the week prior. This time, Cline was successful in the first take. It marked the first and last time her vocals were dubbed to the Decca Records session musicians' previously recorded instrumental track. Prior to this event, Cline had always recorded with live accompaniment. Patsy Cline died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963, outside Camden, Tennessee. The recording of "Crazy" would become her signature song.
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
2017 – Great American Eclipse traverses the continental United States.