Today Monday, 20th of February of 2017 is the 51st day of the year.
There are 314 days remaining until the end of the year
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:51 am
and sunset will be at 5:55 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 4 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:23 pm.
The first low tide was at 12:18 am
and the next low tide will be at 1:33 pm.
The first high tide will be at 6:23 am
and the next high tide at 8:54 pm.
The Moon is 33.9% illuminated; a Waning Crescent moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 144.44° SE
Moon Altitude: 25.11°
Moon Distance: 250143 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 26, 20176:58 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 12, 20177:53 am
Next Moonset: Today12:44 pm
Today is...
National Love Your Pet Day
National Cherry Pie Day
Presidents Day
It's also...
Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Ukraine
World Day of Social Justice
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1898 – Jimmy Yancey,American blues pianist
1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 1984)
1904 – Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
1906 – Gale Gordon, American actor (d. 1995)
1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress and fashion designer
1925 – Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1927 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer and activist (d. 1986)
1927 – Sidney Poitier, American actor, director, and diplomat
1935 – Ellen Gilchrist American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1937 – Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress
1938 – Richard Beymer, American actor, director, and cinematographer
1941 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
1946 – Sandy Duncan, American actress, singer, and dancer
1946 – J. Geils, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model
1951 – Gordon Brown, Scottish historian and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1954 – Patty Hearst, American actress and author
1966 – Cindy Crawford, American model and businesswoman
1967 – Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
1984 – Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host
On this day in history…
1792President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
1809The Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1839Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
1862William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.
1998American Tara Lipinski became at age 15 the youngest gold medalist in Winter Olympics history when she won the ladies' figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.