Today is Tuesday, December 10: day 345 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 21 days.
The sun will rise at 8:49 Moscow time, and at 15:58 it will go below the horizon. At 12:23 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 8 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 52 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 25 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Day of the Icon of the Mother of God, called "The Sign".
Name days: Alexey, Fekla, Vasily, Yakov, Ivan, Nikolay, Vsevolod, Roman, Boris, Gabriel.
Secular holidays
Today is the Day of the Establishment of the Communications Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Russian calendar of public holidays.
Also on this day the world celebrates International Human Rights Day and Animal Rights Day.
Events of December 10
The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.
In 1930, the Yamalo-Nenets, Khanty-Mansiysk, Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) and Evenki Autonomous Okrugs appeared in the USSR.
In 1991, a referendum on the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was held.
In 1997, the city of Akmola (Astana) was declared the capital of Kazakhstan.
Who was born on December 10th
In 1821, the poet Nikolai Nekrasov was born.
In 1901, People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Rumyantsev was born.
In 1964, singer Taisiya Povaliy was born.
Folk omens
Snowfall on this day foretells a cold and snowy winter.
The southern wind promises a warm December, while the eastern wind promises the approach of severe frosts.
If there is no wind and snow today, then the weather will be dry and warm in the spring.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
