Today
Monday April 20 2026
- Day of the year
- 110/ 365
- Week
- 172,026
- Days left
- 25530%
- Moon
- 14%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, April 20, 2026. It is day 110 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 255 remain, and 30% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 17.
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.
- Anicetusbishop of Rome from c. 157 to 168
- Agnes of MontepulcianoDominican nun, wonderworker and saint
- Anastasius I of AntiochGreek Patriarch of Antioch
- BeunoWelsh abbot and saint
- Athanasius the MeteoriteByzantine monk
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:09
- Sunset
- 19:40
- Length of day
- 13h 31m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 62 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 : 14%
Moon age : 3.2 days
- Next full moon
- May 1, 2026
- Next new moon
- May 16, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Taurus
until May 21, 2026 — Gemini
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
1303
The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. Wikipedia
1535
A complex halo display is observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the Vädersolstavlan ("The Sundog painting"), the earliest depiction of such an event, and the oldest colour depiction of the city. Wikipedia
1809
Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. Wikipedia
1828
René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing. He would also be the first to return alive. Wikipedia
1884
Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry. Wikipedia
1902
Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride. Wikipedia
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1968
South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near J.G. Strijdom Airport in South West Africa (now Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia), killing 123 people. Wikipedia
1972
Apollo program: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon. Wikipedia
1999
Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 14 people and injure 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. Wikipedia
2010
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that lasted six months. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 20
- 1745Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (died 1826)
- 1808Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (died 1873)
- 1889Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (died 1945)
- 1893Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer (died 1971)
- 1893Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1983)
- 1927Phil Hill, American race car driver (died 2008)
- 1949Jessica Lange, American actressturns 77 years
- 1951Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
Died on this day April 20
- 689Cædwalla, king of Wessex (born 659)aged 30 years
- 1099Peter Bartholomew (born 1061)aged 24 years
- 1314Pope Clement V (born 1264)aged 50 years
- 1912Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (born 1847)aged 65 years
- 1927Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (born 1866)aged 61 years
- 1947Christian X, King of Denmark (born 1870)aged 77 years
- 1991Don Siegel, American director and producer (born 1912)aged 79 years
- 2003Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)aged 92 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 06:09 and sets at 19:40, giving 13h 31m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 62 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 14% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 20 to Anicetus, Agnes of Montepulciano and Anastasius I of Antioch.
No United Nations international day falls on April 20. 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: The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII (1303); A complex halo display is observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the Vädersolstavlan ("The Sundog painting"), the earliest depiction of such an event, and the oldest colour depiction of the city (1535). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Philippe Pinel was born on April 20, 1745; Cædwalla died on April 20, 689.
249 days remain until Christmas and 256 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 20 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 30%
- of the year elapsed
- 249
- until Christmas
- 256
- until New Year
- 680
- 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