Today
Saturday April 18 2026
- Day of the year
- 108/ 365
- Week
- 162,026
- Days left
- 25730%
- Moon
- 2%Waxing crescent
Today is Saturday, April 18, 2026. It is day 108 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 257 remain, and 30% 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.
- Patriarch Job of Moscowfirst Patriarch of Moscow, from 1589 to 1605
- Julian of Antioch4th-century Christian martyr and saint
- Marie of the IncarnationFrench Discalced Carmelite beatified nun
- Cyril VI of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Anthusa of ConstantinopleByzantine saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:12
- Sunset
- 19:38
- Length of day
- 13h 26m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 64 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 2%
Moon age : 1.2 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
1428
Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance. Wikipedia
1506
The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid. Wikipedia
1518
Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. Wikipedia
1906
The 7.9 Mwearthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000 people, making one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Wikipedia
1909
Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed. Wikipedia
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1949
The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations. Wikipedia
1954
Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Wikipedia
1955
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. Wikipedia
1980
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 18
- 1480Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI (died 1519)
- 1590Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (died 1617)
- 1772David Ricardo, British economist and politician (died 1823)
- 1819Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1895)
- 1838Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (died 1912)
- 1882Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (died 1977)
- 1927Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (died 2013)
- 1927Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic (died 2008)
Died on this day April 18
- 1552John Leland, English poet and historian (born 1502)aged 50 years
- 1802Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (born 1731)aged 71 years
- 1873Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (born 1803)aged 70 years
- 1898Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (born 1826)aged 72 years
- 1943Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (born 1884)aged 59 years
- 1945John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (born 1849)aged 96 years
- 1955Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879)aged 76 years
- 1995Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (born 1908)aged 87 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 06:12 and sets at 19:38, giving 13h 26m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 64 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 2% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 18 to Patriarch Job of Moscow, Julian of Antioch and Marie of the Incarnation.
No United Nations international day falls on April 18. 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: Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance (1428); The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid (1506). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Lucrezia Borgia was born on April 18, 1480; John Leland died on April 18, 1552.
251 days remain until Christmas and 258 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 18 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 30%
- of the year elapsed
- 251
- until Christmas
- 258
- until New Year
- 682
- 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