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Ephemeris of Saturday 21 December, 2024

The sun and moon on 12/21/2024 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 7:36 AM
Sunset: 5:10 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:23 PM
Sunshine duration: 9 hours and 34 minutes (-0 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:36 AM and set at 5:11 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 1:00 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 2 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

19 days moon

On 12/21/2024 the moon will be 19 days old.
Next full moon on 14 January, 2025.
Next new moon on 31 December, 2024.

Commemorations on 21 December

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Ste Julienne de Nicomédie et ses 500 compagnons martyrs
  • St Thémistocle de Myre
  • St Pierre, métropolite de Moscou

Fasting Instructions: the December 21 is a fasting day with wine and oil permitted as well as shellfish (οίνου και ελαίου)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

Un jour comme un 21 December

1978

La loi du 21-12-1978 fixe la définition officielle du drapeau grec à 9 bandes blanches et bleues et une croix blanche au coin supérieur gauche.

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1818

Naissance d'Amalie Marie Friederike von Oldenburg, princesse d'Oldenburg, fille du grand-duc Auguste Ier d'Oldenbourg et de la princesse Adélaïde d'Anhalt-Bernbourg-Schaumbourg-Hoym. Elle deviendra reine de Grèce après son mariage avec le roi Othon Ier.

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