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Ephemeris of Thursday 29 August, 2024

The sun and moon on 08/29/2024 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:51 AM
Sunset: 8:00 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:25 PM
Sunshine duration: 13 hours and 8 minutes (-2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:52 AM and set at 7:58 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 1:00 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 3 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

24 days moon

On 08/29/2024 the moon was 24 days old.
Next full moon on 18 September, 2024.
Next new moon on 3 September, 2024.

Commemorations on 29 August

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • The Beheading of St John the Baptist
    Αποτομή της Τιμίας κεφαλής του Ιωάννου Προδρόμου
  • Saint Arcadius of Arsinoe in Cyprus, bishop and wonderworker
    Αρκαδίου, επισκόπου Σαλαμίνος εν Κύπρω, του θαυματουργού
  • Saint Theodora of Salonica
    Θεοδώρας Οσίας της εν Θεσσαλονίκη

Fasting Instructions: the August 29 is a strict fasting day; apart drink water, we eat nothing (απόλυτη νηστεία)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

Un jour comme un 29 August

2004
Cérémonie de fin des Jeux Olympiques d'Athènes.
1931

Naissance à Nea Ionia en Attique du grand chanteur populaire Stelios Kazantzidis.

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1925

Par décret, le colonel Pangalos promulgue la peine de mort pour les incendiaires des forêts.

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1921

Naissance à Chalia près de Chalkida en Eubée de Sotiria Bellou, grande chanteuse de Laïko et de rebetiko.

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