Today
Friday April 17 2026
- Day of the year
- 107/ 365
- Week
- 162,026
- Days left
- 25829%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Friday, April 17, 2026. It is day 107 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 258 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.
- Kateri Tekakwitha17th‑century Mohawk Catholic saint, first Indigenous saint of North America (1656–1680)
- Shemon Bar SabbaePatriarch of the Church of the East
- Max Josef MetzgerGerman priest (1887–1944)
- Acacius of Melitenebishop of Melitene ca. 430-438
- Mariana de JesúsSpanish religious (1565-1624)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:14
- Sunset
- 19:37
- Length of day
- 13h 24m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:56
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 65 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
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 0.2 days
- Next full moon
- May 1, 2026
- Next new moon
- May 16, 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
1492
Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices. Wikipedia
1521
Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day. Wikipedia
1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor. Wikipedia
1895
The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtian province, Taiwan and the Penghu to Japan. Wikipedia
1941
World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy. Wikipedia
1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. Wikipedia
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1969
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed. Wikipedia
1970
Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely. Wikipedia
1975
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender. Wikipedia
2014
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 17
- 1277Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1320)
- 1794Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (died 1868)
- 1837J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (died 1913)
- 1842Maurice Rouvier, French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (died 1911)
- 1885Karen Blixen, Danish writer (died 1962)
- 1897Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (died 1975)
- 1903Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (died 1976)
- 1916Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister (died 2000)
Died on this day April 17
- 485Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (born 412)aged 73 years
- 858Benedict III, pope of the Catholic Churchaged 48 years
- 1111Robert of Molesme, Christian saint and abbot (born 1027)aged 84 years
- 1695Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (born 1651)aged 44 years
- 1790Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)aged 84 years
- 1997Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918)aged 79 years
- 2014Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)aged 87 years
- 2018Barbara Bush, American political matriarch and literacy advocate, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993), and Second Lady of the United States (1981–1989) (born 1925)aged 93 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 06:14 and sets at 19:37, giving 13h 24m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 65 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 17 to Kateri Tekakwitha, Shemon Bar Sabbae and Max Josef Metzger.
No United Nations international day falls on April 17. 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: Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices (1492); Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms (1521). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Michael IX Palaiologos was born on April 17, 1277; Proclus died on April 17, 485.
252 days remain until Christmas and 259 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 17 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 29%
- of the year elapsed
- 252
- until Christmas
- 259
- until New Year
- 683
- 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