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Ephemeris of Monday 16 November, 2026

The sun and moon on 11/16/2026 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 7:06 AM
Sunset: 5:13 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:09 PM
Sunshine duration: 10 hours and 6 minutes (-2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:07 AM and set at 5:12 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 7:08 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

6 days moon

On 11/16/2026 the moon will be 6 days old.
Next full moon on 24 November, 2026.
Next new moon on 9 December, 2026.

Commemorations on 16 November

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
    Αγίου Ματθαίου, Aποστόλου και Eυαγγελιστού

Fasting Instructions: the November 16 is a fasting day with fish, wine and oil permitted (ιχθύος)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

A day like a 16 November

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1952

Alexandros Papagos, à la tête de l'Alerte hellénique (Ellinikos Synagermos, conservateurs) allié du centriste Georgios Papandreou, gagne les élections législatives en emportant 247 des 300 sièges du parlement. La gauche représentée par l'EDA reste hors du parlement. L'Union du Centre (EPEK) de Nikolaos Plastiras obtient 31 sièges et les libéraux (centre gauche) de Sofoklils Venizelos 20 sièges.

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