Today
Sunday April 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 102/ 365
- Week
- 152,026
- Days left
- 26328%
- Moon
- 27%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, April 12, 2026. It is day 102 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 263 remain, and 28% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 15.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Human Space Flight
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Julius IHead of the Catholic Church from 337 to 352
- Zeno of VeronaItalian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)
- Teresa of the AndesChilean nun of the Discalced Carmelite Order
- Sabbas the Goth4th-century Gothic Christian martyr and locally venerated saint from what is now Romania
- AlferiusAbbot and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:21
- Sunset
- 19:32
- Length of day
- 13h 11m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:57
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 70 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 27%
Moon age : 24.6 days
- Next full moon
- May 1, 2026
- Next new moon
- April 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Aries
until April 20, 2026 — Taurus
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
467
Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1204
The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. Wikipedia
1782
American Revolution: A Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral George Rodney defeats a French fleet led by the Comte de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes off Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Wikipedia
1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Wikipedia
1917
World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. Wikipedia
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1927
Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. Wikipedia
1945
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him. Wikipedia
1961
Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1. Wikipedia
1981
The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day April 12
- 811Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (died 835)
- 1484Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica (died 1546)
- 1550Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (died 1604)
- 1777Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (died 1852)
- 1871Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1941)
- 1884Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
- 1924Raymond Barre, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007)
- 1978Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (Coldplay)turns 48 years
Died on this day April 12
- 352Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1167Charles VII, king of Sweden (born c. 1130)aged 37 years
- 1550Claude, Duke of Guise (born 1496)aged 54 years
- 1704Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (born 1627)aged 77 years
- 1912Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (born 1821)aged 91 years
- 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (born 1882)aged 63 years
- 1980William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (born 1913)aged 67 years
- 2008Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (born 1923)aged 85 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 06:21 and sets at 19:32, giving 13h 11m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 70 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 27% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 12 to Julius I, Zeno of Verona and Teresa of the Andes.
April 12 is International Day of Human Space Flight, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (467); The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day (1204). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Muhammad al-Jawad was born on April 12, 811; Julius I died on April 12, 352.
257 days remain until Christmas and 264 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 12 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 28%
- of the year elapsed
- 257
- until Christmas
- 264
- until New Year
- 688
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26