Today is Wednesday, September 18: the 262nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 104 days.
The sun will rise at 6:08 Moscow time, and at 18:41 it will go below the horizon. At 12:25 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 32 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 28 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 13 after Pentecost. Fast day. Day of remembrance of the prophet Zechariah and the righteous Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist, the holy martyr Athanasius of Brest, abbot.
Name days: Avdey, Alexey, Afanasy, Gleb, David, Elizaveta, Efim, Zakhar, Iraida, Maxim, Raisa, Feodor.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates HR Manager Day.
The World celebrates Water Monitoring Day.
Azerbaijan celebrates National Music Day, Armenia celebrates Astronomy Day. Iran celebrates Persian Literature and Poetry Day.
Events of September 18
In 1932, Saudi Arabia was formed.
In 1947, the CIA was created in the United States.
In 1981, the death penalty was banned in France.
In 2009, Japan invented a durable antiseptic that destroys viruses, including swine flu.
Who was born on September 18
In 1918, pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Talalikhin was born.
In 1932, cosmonaut and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Rukavishnikov was born.
In 1937, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Alla Pokrovskaya was born.
In 1971, People's Artist of Russia, opera singer Anna Netrebko was born.
Folk omens
By Kumokhin Day, the rowan leaves have turned yellow – winter will come early and will be cold.
A rainy autumn is expected if there is a large harvest of wild rowan.
If there are few rowan berries, then the autumn will be dry.
Low clouds mean rain.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
