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Ephemeris of Friday 29 August, 2025

The sun and moon on 08/29/2025 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 1:26 PM
Sunshine duration: 13 hours and 9 minutes (-2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:52 AM and set at 7:59 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

5 days moon

On 08/29/2025 the moon will be 5 days old.
Next full moon on 7 September, 2025.
Next new moon on 21 September, 2025.

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

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