October 23., 6:02am to 6:02pm

1 mol = 6.02 x 10²³

Mole Day is celebrated annually around the world on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. in honor of  Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10²³). This number is called 1 mol. Just as 1 dozen equals 12, 1 mol equals 6.02 x 10²³.

Scientists and students around the world celebrate Mole Day with various activities related to chemistry and/or moles.

How to Celebrate National Mole Day

• Send a Mole Day  greeting card to friends.
• Drink a glass of molasses milk (201g [ 7.1 oz ] of C₆H₁₂NNaO₃S = 1 mole) at 6:02am & pm.
• Bake and eat 6.02 molasses cookies.
• Drink 1 mol of H₂O (18 g or 0.63oz) of water at 6:02am.
• Ask people to guess how many moles you have in a brown paper bag.
• National Mole Day Foundation, Inc.

Mole sauce

Send a Mole Day Greeting Card

Mole Jokes

from http://www.moleday.org/htdocs/mole_jokes.html

Q: Why is it bad to tell mole jokes?
A: It’s mole-itically incorrect

Q: What did Avogadro get when he mixed ice cream, chocolate syrup, and milk together?
A: A chocolate Moledt

Q: What did Avogadro teach his students in math class?
A: Moletiplication

Q: What kind of fruit did Avogadro eat in the summer?
A: Watermolens

Q: Why was there only one Avogadro?
A: When they made him, they broke the Moled

Q: What did Avogadro invent for his wife to use as a night cream?
A: Oil of Molay

Q: How much does Avogadro exaggerate?
A: He makes mountains out of mole hills

Q: What was Avogadro’s favorite Indian tribe?

A: The Molehawks

The Ten Commolements

(found at http://members.tripod.com/~smalls42/commolements.html)

1. Thou shalt not use 6.02 x 10²³ in vain.
2. Thou shalt not use the term mole if thou has no true knowledge of the term mole.
3. Thou shalt not kill a mole.
4. Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s mole.
5. Thou shall always remember to celebrate Mole Day.
6. Thou shalt not disparage Mole Day.
7. Thou shalt not use a mole out of season.
8. Thou shalt always honor the one who introduced thou to Mole Day.
9. You shalt always keep sacred 10/23.
10. Thou shalt always remember these commolements or thou will never properly celebrate Mole Day.