The moon is waning. Morning stars are Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, and Mercury.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include English playwright/poet Ben Jonson in 1572; German composer Richard Strauss in 1864; Montana's Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1880; undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau in 1910; Hall of Fame football Coach Vince Lombardi in 1913; author William Styron in 1925; U.S.Rep Charles B. Rangel in 1930 ; actor Gene Wilder in 1933 ; actor Chad Everett in 1937; actor Adrienne Barbeau in 1945 ; Scottish auto racer Jackie Stewart in 1939 ; drummer Frank Beard in 1949 ; football Hall of Fame member Joe Montana in 1956 ; actor Hugh Laurie in 1959 ; TV host Dr. Mahmet Oz, in 1960 ; actor Joshua Jackson in 1978 ; actor Shia LaBeouf in 1986 .