147 days from July 29, 2008

would be

December 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 358

• Week number: 52

• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

• Sunrise time: 07:52 am

• Sunset time: 05:12 pm

• Day length: 09h 19m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 10%

• Moon Age: 26.39 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 23, 2008 Holidays and National Days

December 23 in History

2002
An Iraqi MiG-25 shoots down a US MQ-1 Predator drone.
1990
In a referendum on Sovlenia’s independence from Yugoslovia, 88.5% vote in favor of independence.
1986
The Voyager completes the first nonstop flight around the globe on one load of fuel. The experimental aircraft, piloted by Americans Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California after nine days and four minutes in the sky.
1974
The B-1 bomber makes its first successful test flight.
1967
U.S. Navy SEALs are ambushed during an operation southeast of Saigon.
1950
General Walton H. Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, is killed in a jeep accident. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway is named his successor.
1948
Japan’s Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo and six other collaborators are hanged for war crimes.
1947
President Harry S Truman grants a pardon to 1,523 who had evaded the World War II draft.
1944
General Dwight D. Eisenhower confirms the death sentence of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American shot for desertion since the Civil War.
1941
Despite throwing back an earlier Japanese amphibious assault, the U.S. Marines and Navy defenders on Wake Island capitulate to a second Japanese invasion.