Today is Tuesday, September 24: day 268 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 98 days.
The sun will rise at 6:20 Moscow time, and at 18:25 it will go below the horizon. At 12:22 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 5 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 55 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 14 after Pentecost. No fast. Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. Commemoration day of St. Theodora of Alexandria the Younger.
Name days: Victor, German, Dmitry, Iya, Karp, Lev, Nikolay, Roman, Sergiy.
Secular holidays
Today the Republic of Crimea celebrates the Day of the State Emblem and the State Flag.
The world celebrates International Caravan Day on September 24.
Events of September 24
In 1970, the Soviet interplanetary station Luna-16 delivered lunar soil to Earth.
In 1973, Guinea-Bissau declared independence from Portugal.
In 1993, the Human Rights Commission was established in Russia.
In 1998, the first ever human hand transplant was performed in France.
Who was born on September 24
In 1896, the writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, was born.
In 1945, the poetess Larisa Rubalskaya was born.
In 1946, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actress Natalya Arinbasarova was born.
In 1994, actress Alexandra Bortich was born.
Folk omens
The winter will be mild if the weather is warm on this day.
The cold foretells a harsh winter.
Rain promises a damp autumn.
There will be a lot of snow in winter if there is a strong wind.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
