Today is Friday, January 14, 2022
January 14 is the 14th day of the year
351 days remain until the end of the year
64 days until early spring
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:24:12 a.m.
and sunset will be at 5:14:53 PM.
Today we will have 9 hours and 50 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will take place at 12:19:32 pm.
The first low tide was at 1:55 a.m. at 3.20 feet
The first high tide will be at 7:41 a.m. at 6.11 feet
The next low tide will be at 3:12 p.m. at -0.21 feet
And the last high tide for Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:18 p.m. at 4.66 feet
The Moon is currently 89.5% visible
a waxing gibbous
We will have the Full Moon in 3 days on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.
The January Full Moon is called the Full Wolf Moon.
The howling of wolves was often heard at this time of year. Wolves were traditionally thought to howl due to hunger, but we now know that wolves use howls to define territory, locate pack members, strengthen social bonds, and gather together for hunting.
This month’s moon is also called the…
Canada Goose Moon Central Moon Cold Moon Frozen Moon Blast Frost Moon Big Moon Greetings Moon
Hard Moon Severe Moon Spiritual Moon
Today it’s…
caesarean section day
International Kite Day
National Dress Your Pet Day
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
National Pothole Day (UK)
Organize your day at home
Ratification day
Take a Missionary to Lunch
Today is also…
Defender of the Fatherland Day in Uzbekistan
Donkey Festival in Medieval Christianity
Flag Day in Georgia
National Forest Conservation Day in Thailand
Old New Year and its related observance:
Azhyrnykhua in Abkhazia
Yennayer for Berber or amazigh people
Revolution and Youth Day in Tunisia
Sidereal Winter Solstice Celebrations in South and Southeast Asian Cultures; marking the Sun’s transition to Capricorn and the first day of the six-month Uttarayana period.
Magh Bihu in the Indian state of Assam
Maghe Sankranti in Nepal
Maghi in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
Makar Sankranti in India
The first day of Pongal in Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan in Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan
world logic day
On this day in history…
1900 – La Tosca by Giacomo Puccini opens in Rome.
1911 – Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1952 – NBC’s longtime morning news program Today debuts, featuring host Dave Garroway.
1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation.
1967 – 1960s Counterculture: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park, kicking off the Summer of Love.
1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513
1973 – Elvis Presley’s Aloha Concert from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite and sets the record for the most-watched show by an individual performer in television history.
2011 – Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after a series of protests against his rule, seen as the birth of the Arab Spring.
…and if today is your birthday, happy birthday! You are sharing this special day with…
83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (died 30 BCE)
1741 – Benedict Arnold, British-American general (died 1801)
1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Franco-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel laureate (died 1965)
1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1970)
1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (died 1947)
1892 – Martin Niemöller, German clergyman and theologian (died 1984)
1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director and producer (died 1992)
1896 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet and playwright (died 1970)
1912 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (died 2007)
1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (died 1992)
1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Italian Prime Minister (died 2013)
1919 – Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic and television personality (died 2011)
1936 – Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1937 – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (died 2011)
1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (died 2015)
1940 – Julian Bond, American scholar and politician (died 2015)
1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer and author
1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer and screenwriter
1964 – Shepard Smith, American television journalist
1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer
1982 – Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist