• Time Zone: GMT-04:00
• Time Zone ID: America/New_York
• Day numbers: 343
• Week number: 49
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for Dec 8th 2024
• Sunrise time: 07:42 am
• Sunset time: 05:08 pm
• Day length: 09h 26m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for Dec 8th 2024
• Moon Phase: First Quarter - 10:27 am
• Illumination: 54%
• Moon Age: 7.76 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days for December 8th 2024
December 8 in History
1660
The first Shakespearian actress to appear on an English stage (she is believed to be a Ms. Norris) makes her debut as Desdemona.
1861
CSS Sumter captures the whaler Eben Dodge in the Atlantic. The American Civil War is now affecting the Northern whaling industry.
1863
Union General William Averell’s cavalry destroys railroads in the southwestern part of West Virginia.
1914
The German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Nurnberg, and Liepzig are sunk by a British force in the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
1920
President Woodrow Wilson declines to send a representative to the League of Nations in Geneva.
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