Gandalf. Tea. Wednesday.

An Unexpected Party. Illustration by Horus Engels, Wolfsburg (Germany), 1957

On this day, Wednesday, 26 April 2941 T. A., Bag-end was invaded by thirteen Dwarves and one Istar who requested Mr. Bilbo Baggins, Esq., to apply for a vacant position as master-thief.

According to the computations presented in the companon volume "The Moon in 'The Hobbit'", there was a new moon that night.