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Ephemeris of Wednesday 16 October, 2024

The sun and moon on 10/16/2024 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 7:33 AM
Sunset: 6:47 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:10 PM
Sunshine duration: 11 hours and 13 minutes (-2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:34 AM and set at 6:46 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

12 days moon

On 10/16/2024 the moon was 12 days old.
Next full moon on 17 October, 2024.
Next new moon on 1 November, 2024.

Commemorations on 16 October

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Sts Longin Le Centurion et les 2 soldats martyrisés avec lui
  • Λογγίνου Μάρτυρος του Εκατοντάρχου και των συν τω αυτώ αναιρεθέντων δύω στρατιωτών
  • Sts Léonce, Dométios, Térence et Domnin
  • Λεοντίου, Δομετίου, Τερεντίου, Δομνίνου Μαρτύρων
  • St Malos
  • Μαλού Οσίου

Fasting Instructions: the October 16 is a fasting day with fish, wine and oil permitted (ιχθύος)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

  • There are no known names celebrated this day

Un jour comme un 16 October

1956

Naissance au Pirée de la chanteuse Eleftheria Arvanitaki.

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1955

Composée entre 1953 et 1954, Metastasis est la première œuvre de Yannis Xenakis issue entièrement de calculs mathématiques. L'opus est présenté au Festival de Donaueschingen, en Allemagne, et l'orchestre est dirigée Hans Rosbaud.

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