Today
Wednesday April 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 105/ 365
- Week
- 162,026
- Days left
- 26029%
- Moon
- 4%Waning crescent
Today is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. It is day 105 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 260 remain, and 29% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 16.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- April 22International Mother Earth Day
- April 23World Book and Copyright Day
- April 25World Malaria Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Felix of ByzantiumBishop of Byzantium from 136 to 141
- John MarkBiblical saint
- Padarn6th‑century Welsh bishop and Christian saint active during the Age of the Saints in Wales
- Basilissa and AnastasiaChristian martyrs
- Peter GonzálezSpanish Dominican friar and priest
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:17
- Sunset
- 19:35
- Length of day
- 13h 18m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:56
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 67 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 : 4%
Moon age : 27.6 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
1450
Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France. Wikipedia
1632
Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president. Wikipedia
1896
Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece. Wikipedia
1912
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive. Wikipedia
1920
Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy. Wikipedia
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1986
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. Wikipedia
1989
Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China. Wikipedia
1994
Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted. Wikipedia
2013
Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 15
- 1452Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)
- 1684Catherine I of Russia (died 1727)
- 1874Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
- 1894Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1971)
- 1907Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
- 1912Kim Il Sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 1994)
- 1920Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (died 2015)
- 1930Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Icelandturns 96 years
Died on this day April 15
- 1446Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377)aged 69 years
- 1764Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (born 1721)aged 43 years
- 1865Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (born 1809)aged 56 years
- 1938César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1892)aged 46 years
- 1980Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)aged 75 years
- 1998Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)aged 73 years
- 2001Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)aged 50 years
- 2017Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)
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 06:17 and sets at 19:35, giving 13h 18m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 67 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 4% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 15 to Felix of Byzantium, John Mark and Padarn.
No United Nations international day falls on April 15. The next one on the calendar is International Mother Earth Day, on April 22.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France (1450); Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War (1632). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452; Filippo Brunelleschi died on April 15, 1446.
254 days remain until Christmas and 261 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 15 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 29%
- of the year elapsed
- 254
- until Christmas
- 261
- until New Year
- 685
- 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