Today is Friday, December 6: day 341 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 25 days.
The sun will rise at 8:44 Moscow time, and at 15:59 it will go below the horizon. At 12:22 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 15 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 45 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 24 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Afterfeast of the Entry into the Temple.
Day of Remembrance of Saint Mitrofan, in schema Macarius, Bishop of Voronezh and the Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, in schema Alexy.
Name days: Alexey, Grigory, Mitrofan, Boris, Fyodor, Alexander.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Formation of Drug Control Units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Finland celebrates Independence Day today, while Spain celebrates Constitution Day.
Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of the Prosecutor's Office on December 6, and Azerbaijan celebrates the Day of Communications and Information Technology Workers.
Events of December 6
In 1909, Saratov University was founded.
In 1923, the first issue of the newspaper “Evening Moscow” was published.
In 2000, the 116th chemical element was discovered, named livermorium.
In 2017, the administration of US President Donald Trump recognized the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Who was born on December 6th
In 1778, physicist and chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was born.
In 1901, Soviet party activist Georgy Malenkov was born.
In 1927, People's Artist of the USSR, actor and director Vladimir Naumov was born.
In 1949, actress and People's Artist of Russia Olga Naumenko was born.
In 1957, the artist and governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimov was born.
In 1958, actor Alexander Baluev was born.
Folk omens
Clear and frosty weather is expected if there is frost on the trees in the morning.
The moon is bright and large – it means severe frosts.
It will be a mild winter if it is a warm day. If frost hits, the winter will be severe.
