Today is Tuesday, July 16: the 198th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 168 days.
The sun will rise at 4:08 Moscow time, and at 21:04 it will go below the horizon. At 12:36 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 55 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 5 minutes.
Church holidays
4th week after Pentecost. No fasting.
On July 16, Orthodox believers remember the martyr Hyacinth of Rome and the martyrs Mokius and Mark. Also today, the Church celebrates the transfer of the relics of Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, a miracle worker.
Name days: Alexander, Anatoly, Vasily, John, Constantine, Mark, Nicodemus, Philip.
Secular holidays
Neptune Day is celebrated in Russian children's camps today.
The world celebrates Snake Day on July 16.
Events of July 16
In 1909, the Audi company was founded.
In 1945, the United States tested the world's first nuclear bomb.
In 1965, a tunnel was opened under Mont Blanc in the Alps, linking France and Italy.
In 1979, Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq.
Who was born on July 16
In 1872, the polar explorer and traveler Roald Amundsen was born.
In 1953, astrologer Pavel Globa was born.
In 1962, the singer Grigory Leps was born.
In 1968, singer Leonid Agutin was born.
In 1971, actress Victoria Tarasova was born.
Folk omens
If on July 16 a spider starts to weave a new web, then it will be a clear day.
Mosquitoes and midges are flying in a swarm - the weather will be good all next week.
The winter will be warm if there is a lot of sorrel.
If the dog eats little, digs the ground with its paws or rolls on the ground, sleeps a lot, then there will be bad weather.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Bereginya Day.
