Today is Tuesday, September 17: day 261 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 105 days.
The sun will rise at 6:06 Moscow time, and at 18:44 it will go below the horizon. At 12:25 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 37 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 23 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 13 after Pentecost. No fast. Day of remembrance of the holy martyr Babylas, bishop of Great Antioch, and with him three youths: the martyrs Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius and their mother Christodoula. Today the Church also honors the memory of the prophet Moses the God-seer.
Name days: Akim, Alexander, Athanasius, Vasily, Gregory, Elena, John, Mitrofan, Mikhail, Moses, Nikolai, Pavel, Peter, Simon, Stefan, Theodore, Julian.
Secular holidays
September 17th marks World Patient Safety Day.
Today Belarus celebrates National Unity Day, and the United States celebrates Constitution Day.
Events of September 17
In 1665, the Great Plague broke out in London.
In 1939, the Polish campaign of the Red Army of the USSR began.
In 1954, a nuclear testing ground was created on Novaya Zemlya.
In 1991, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the DPRK and South Korea were admitted to the UN.
Who was born on September 17
In 1857, the scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was born.
In 1935, the author of the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, writer Ken Kesey, was born.
In 1939, Oscar winner, People's Artist of the RSFSR, director Vladimir Menshov was born.
In 1950, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was born.
In 1985, hockey player Alexander Ovechkin was born.
Folk omens
A rainy day promises a dry autumn.
There are a lot of nuts, but few mushrooms - the winter will be harsh and snowy.
After the rain that quickly dries up, there will be prolonged bad weather.
Changeable weather is expected if clouds are moving one above the other in several tiers.
