23 days before October 20, 2015

would be

September 27, 2015 (Sunday)

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

• Day numbers: 270

• Week number: 39

• Leap year: 2015 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for September 27, 2015 (Sunday)

• Sunrise time: 07:24 am

• Sunset time: 07:24 pm

• Day length: 12h 00m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for September 27, 2015 (Sunday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 99%

• Moon Age: 14.58 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

September 27, 2015 Holidays and National Days

September 27 in History

2008
Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese to walk in space; he was part of the Shenzhou 7 crew.
2007
NASA launches Dawn probe to explore and study the two larges objects of the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres.
2003
European Space Agency launches SMART-1 satellite to orbit the moon.
1996
The Taliban capture Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul.
1983
Sukhumi massacre: Abkhaz separatist forces and their allies commit widespread atrocities against the civilian population in the USSR state of Georgia.
1979
US Congress approves Department of Education as the 13th agency in the US Cabinet.
1964
The Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, issues its report, stating its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman.
1956
The U.S. Air Force Bell X-2, the world’s fastest and highest-flying plane, crashes, killing the test pilot.
1950
U.S. Army and Marine troops liberate Seoul, South Korea.
1944
Thousands of British troops are killed as German forces rebuff their massive effort to capture the Arnhem Bridge across the Rhine River in Holland.