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Friday, December 27
December 27, 2024 is day 362 of 366, ISO week 52, in Q4. The moon is Waning Crescent and the zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Day of year362
ISO week52
QuarterQ4
Days left4
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent
- Lunar age
- 26.3 days
- Illumination
- 11%
- Season
- Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Capricorn
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2024-12-27
Today's Celebrations
December 27
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Fabiola
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John the Apostle
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Pope Maximus of Alexandria
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Nicarete
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Theodorus and Theophanes
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December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Local briefFriday, December 27, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2024: Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to December 27.
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Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly.
During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators.
Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.
Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.
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Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
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Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (born 1975)
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Gaston Glock, Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)
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Maria Creveling, American League of Legends player (born 1995)
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