Today's Date
Monday, April 27, 2026
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 117
• Week number: 18
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:49 am
• Sunset time: 08:31 pm
• Day length: 13h 41m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 86%
• Moon Age: 11.28 day(s)
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Today in History
1989
Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
1978
The Afghanistan revolution begins.
1975
Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops.
1961
The United Kingdom grants Sierra Leone independence.
1950
South Africa passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.
1941
The Greek army capitulates to the invading Germans.
1937
German bombers of the Condor Legion devastate Guernica, Spain.
1909
The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, is overthrown.
1865
The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers–mostly former Union POWs–are killed.
1863
The Army of the Potomac begins marching on Chancellorsville.
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