Today is Sunday, December 15, 2024. Day 350 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days left until the end of the year.
Sunrise: 09:22. Astronomical noon: 13:05. Sunset: 16:48. Day length: 07:26. Night length: 16:34.
According to the church calendar, December 15 is the name day of:
Alexey, Andrey, Afanasy, Boris, Vera, Vladimir, Dmitry, Ivan, Kirill, Konstantin, Kuzma, Margarita, Maria, Matvey, Mirra, Moses, Nikolay, Pavel, Sergey, Stepan, Tamara, Fedor.
What holidays are celebrated on December 15th
General:
A cold December day is just meant to celebrate Tea Day.
This Sunday also marks the Night of Rolling Under a Bench, the Day of Taming Street Lights, and the Day of Antidepressants.
Church:
In the church calendar, December 15 of this year is the 25th week after Pentecost.
Today's date is also known as the day of remembrance of the Prophet Habakkuk, the Martyr Mirope, the Venerables John, Heraklemon, Andrew and Theophilus, the Venerable Ise (Jesse), Bishop of Tsilkani, the Venerable Athanasius, the Recluse of the Caves, in the Near Caves and another Athanasius, the Recluse of the Caves, in the Far Caves, Saint Stefan Urosh, the Tsar of Serbia, the Hieromartyr Matthew the Priest, the Hieromartyr Demetrius the Priest and the Venerable Faith the Confessor, the Hieromartyr Alexy, Archbishop of Veliky Ustyug, the Hieromartyrs John, Constantine, Nicholas, Sergius, Vladimir, John, Theodore, Nicholas, Nicholas, Paul, Sergius priests, the Venerable Martyr Danakt, Cosmas, the Venerable Martyrs Margaret, Tamara, Antonina and Mary, the Martyr Matrona, Holy Martyr Mary, Martyr Boris.
December 15 is also the day of the icon of the Mother of God, called “Gerontissa”.
This day in history
In 1917, the first distinctive sign was introduced in the Red Army – the red star.
In 1939, the film Gone with the Wind premiered at the Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta.
In 1965, the first group flight of the American spacecraft Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A took place; for the first time, four astronauts (Frank Borman, James Lovell, Walter Schirra, Thomas Stafford) were in space simultaneously.
In 1966, O. Dollfus (France) at the Meudon Observatory, during the era of the invisibility of Saturn's rings, discovered its tenth satellite, named Janus.
In 1970, the Soviet interplanetary station Venera-7 successfully landed on Venus. The first successful landing on another planet of a spacecraft sent from Earth.
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1802, the Hungarian mathematician Janos Bolyai, one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry, was born.
In 1832, the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel was born, who gained unprecedented popularity after building a metal tower in Paris named after him.
In 1859, the Polish physician and linguist Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of the Esperanto language, was born.
In 1860, the Faroese-Danish physiotherapist Niels Ryberg Finsen, the founder of light therapy, was born.
In 1903, Soviet film director, screenwriter and teacher Yuli Raizman was born, whose films include Mashenka, Cavalier of the Gold Star, Private Life and others.
In 1907, Soviet architect Nikolai Nikitin, author of the Ostankino Tower project, was born.
In 1921, American disc jockey Alan Freed was born, who is also remembered for inventing the term rock and roll.
In 1923, Israeli small arms designer Uziel Gal, creator of the famous Uzi submachine gun, was born.
In 1942, Soviet and Russian singer Ekaterina Shavrina was born, a performer of Russian folk songs and the only Soviet singer to perform solo concerts twice in the United Nations Conference Hall.
In 1980, Russian theater, film and dubbing actor, film director and producer Yuri Kolokolnikov was born, whose filmography includes “Game of Thrones”, “Hunter Killer”, “Underground Six”, etc.
In 1988, French footballer Steven Nzonzi, the 2018 World Cup winner, was born.
Folk omens
December 15th is popularly known as Avvakum Day.
If the moon is foggy, then you should prepare for a snowstorm, and rain on this day promises bad weather that will last until February.
Many signs on this day are associated with poultry. So, if chickens are rushing to settle on a perch, this foretells the imminent onset of frost. Are chickens actively waving their tails and flapping their wings? This indicates snow drifts. If it is freezing outside, and the rooster begins to crow, this means that it will soon get warmer. When a goose hides its head under its wing, this indicates the approach of cold weather, and its cackling foretells warming.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, December 15 of the year is the 15th lunar day. The celestial body is in the "Full Moon" phase and in the zodiac sign Gemini.
If you want to see the moon rise, look up at the sky at 15:02. Those who want to enjoy the sunset should keep in mind that this event will take place at 09:46.
This Sunday is a day of temptations. The outcome of events will depend on your choice, and the nature of the development of the situation - on your reaction to what is happening. Relationships with loved ones may become tense.
