Today is December 23, Monday: day 358 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 8 days.
The sun will rise at 8:59 Moscow time, and at 15:59 it will set. At 12:29 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours, and darkness will last 17 hours.
Church holidays
Week 27 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Menas Callikeladas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus.
Name days: Anatoly, Ivan, Nikolay, Grigory, Mikhail, Konstantin, Alexander, Evgeny, Alexey, Evdokia.
Secular holidays
Russia celebrates Long-Range Aviation Day on December 23.
Today Egypt celebrates Port Said Liberation Day.
In Japan, the birthday of the retired Emperor Akihito is celebrated at the state level.
Events of December 23
In 1913, the Federal Reserve System (FRS) was founded in the United States, which includes banks that have the right to issue dollars.
In 1947, January 1 was officially recognized as a day off in the USSR.
In 1954, the first kidney transplant operation in history was performed.
In 1994, a decree was issued on the autonomous territorial entity of Gagauzia within the Republic of Moldova.
Who was born on December 23
In 1777, the Russian Emperor Alexander I was born.
In 1799, the artist Karl Bryullov was born.
In 1858, People's Artist of the USSR, director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko was born.
In 1874, People's Artist of the USSR, actress Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya was born.
In 1931, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Lev Durov was born.
Folk omens
Snow is carried away by the wind - a sign of a dry summer.
A snowstorm is expected if magpies fly near houses.
If it seems that the stars in the sky are higher than usual, then there will be snowfall.
A reddish moon foretells a slight wind.
