Today is Thursday, the 13th of October of 2022,
October 13 is the 286th day of the year
79 days remain until the end of the year.
69 days until winter begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:16:40 am
and the sun sets tonight at 6:33:56 pm.
We will have 11 hours and 17 minutes of daylight
Solar noon will be at 12:55:18 pm.
Water temperature in the San Francisco Bay today will be 65.5 degrees, Farenheit
The first low tide this morning was at 7:14 am at 2.72 feet
The next high tide at 1:07 pm at 5.89 feet
and the final low tide Ocean Beach tonight will be at 8:10 pm at 0.11 feet
The Moon is currently 85.7% visible
It’s a Waning Gibbous moon
We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 4 days on Monday the 17th of October of 2022 at 10:15 am
On this day in history…
1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
1843 – In New York City, B’nai B’rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
1908 – Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
2019 – Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You get to share birthday cake with…
1853 – Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (d. 1929)
1909 – Herblock, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
1909 – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
1911 – Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001)
1921 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991
1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
1925 – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
1927 – Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
1934 – Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
1938 – Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022)
1941 – Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997)
1950 – Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
1950 – Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959 – Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson
1962 – Jerry Rice, American football player
1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress
1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1980 – Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1989 – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician
1993 – Tiffany Trump, daughter of 45th U.S. President Donald Trump