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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 falls on a Tuesday. It is day 98 of the year, ISO week 15, in Q2.
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Tuesday, April 8
April 8, 2025 is day 98 of 365, ISO week 15, in Q2. The moon is Waxing Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Aries.
Day of year98
ISO week15
QuarterQ2
Days left267
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Lunar age
- 10.2 days
- Illumination
- 78%
- Season
- Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Aries
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2025-04-08
Today's Celebrations
April 8
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Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)
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Anne Ayres (Episcopal Church (USA))
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Blessed August Czartoryski
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Constantina
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Pope Dionysius of Alexandria
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Julie Billiart of Namur
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Perpetuus
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Walter of Pontoise
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History for April 8
On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut.
The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway.
BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for her...
A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf killed 238 people.
A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.
Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.
The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.
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Ralph Puckett, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1926)
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Mimi Reinhardt, Jewish Austrian secretary (born 1915)
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Rick May, American-Canadian voice actor (born 1940)
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