Today is Thursday, August 1st: the 214th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 152 days.
The sun will rise at 4:36 Moscow time, and at 20:37 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 1 minute, and darkness will last 7 hours 59 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 6 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of Saint Macrina of Cappadocia and Saint Dius of Constantinople. On August 1, the Church celebrates the discovery of the relics of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, the miracle worker.
Name days: Varlaam, Gregory, Dmitry, Mitrofan, Roman, Seraphim, Stepan, Tikhon.
Secular holidays
Today, the Russian Federation celebrates Remembrance Day for Russian soldiers who died in the First World War.
On August 1, Russia celebrates the Day of the Rear of the Russian Armed Forces and the Day of the Formation of the Special Communications Service.
In addition, the beginning of August marks the All-Russian Day of the Collector.
Today, the world celebrates Lung Cancer Day.
Events of August 1st
In 1498, Christopher Columbus became the first European to visit Venezuela.
In 1914, the German Empire declared war on Russia.
In 1939, the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was established.
In 2008, a solar eclipse was recorded, which was called the "Russian Eclipse".
Who was born on August 1st
In 1923, People's Artist of the USSR, announcer Valentina Leontyeva was born.
In 1936, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was born.
In 1979, actor Jason Momoa was born.
Actor Pavel Tabakov was born in 1995.
Folk omens
It started raining in the morning – autumn will be cloudy, damp and cold.
If August 1 is dry and warm, then dry weather will persist for a month and a half, and Indian summer will last longer than usual.
If there is a “mushroom” rain, there will be a good nut harvest.
The wind blows from the east - there will be a thunderstorm.
Lots of cobwebs – autumn will be long.
The spiders are hiding - it will get cold soon.
