Today
Thursday April 2 2026
- Day of the year
- 92/ 365
- Week
- 142,026
- Days left
- 27325%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Thursday, April 2, 2026. It is day 92 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 273 remain, and 25% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 14.
What's celebrated on this date
World Autism Awareness Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- FranciscoItalian mendicant friar, founder of the Order of Minims
- Nicholas CharnetskyUkrainian bishop (1884–1959)
- Francisco Coll GuitarSpanish saint (1812–1875)
- Vilmos Apor(1892–1945) Hungarian bishop
- Abundius of Comobishop and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:37
- Sunset
- 19:22
- Length of day
- 12h 44m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 80 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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 14.6 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
1513
Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River. Wikipedia
1800
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna. Wikipedia
1801
French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality. Wikipedia
1930
After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. Wikipedia
1979
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. Wikipedia
1982
Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Wikipedia
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1989
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations. Wikipedia
1992
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. Wikipedia
2004
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted. Wikipedia
2015
Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 2
- 1565Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599)
- 1618Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663)
- 1647Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)
- 1725Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (died 1798)
- 1838Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)
- 1842Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857)
- 1875Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940)
- 1965Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (died 2012)
Died on this day April 2
- 1118Baldwin I, king of Jerusalemaged 58 years
- 1272Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (born 1209)aged 63 years
- 1502Arthur, prince of Wales (born 1486)aged 16 years
- 1507Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416)aged 91 years
- 1872Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (born 1791)aged 81 years
- 1928Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)aged 60 years
- 1974Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (born 1911)aged 63 years
- 1995Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (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 06:37 and sets at 19:22, giving 12h 44m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 80 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 2 to Francisco, Nicholas Charnetsky and Francisco Coll Guitar.
April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day, 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: Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S (1513); Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna (1800). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Cornelis de Houtman was born on April 2, 1565; Baldwin I died on April 2, 1118.
267 days remain until Christmas and 274 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 2 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 25%
- of the year elapsed
- 267
- until Christmas
- 274
- until New Year
- 698
- 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