Today
Wednesday April 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 112/ 365
- Week
- 172,026
- Days left
- 25331%
- Moon
- 34%Waxing crescent
Today is Wednesday, April 22, 2026. It is day 112 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 253 remain, and 31% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 17.
What's celebrated on this date
International Mother Earth Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Bartholomew the ApostleChristian apostle and martyr
- Sotertwelfth pope of the Catholic Church
- Agapetus I6th‑century Roman pope and canonized Catholic saint, considered a confessor of the faith
- Caiuspope of the Catholic Church from 283 to 296
- Hadewijch13th-century Dutch poet and mystic
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:06
- Sunset
- 19:43
- Length of day
- 13h 36m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:54
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 60 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 : 34%
Moon age : 5.2 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
1073
Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II. Wikipedia
1500
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil). Wikipedia
1519
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. Wikipedia
1529
Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas. Wikipedia
1809
The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. Wikipedia
1836
Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity. Wikipedia
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1898
Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000. Wikipedia
1906
The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens. Wikipedia
1915
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. Wikipedia
2025
At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day April 22
- 1451Isabella I of Castile (died 1504)
- 1610Pope Alexander VIII (died 1691)
- 1707Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (died 1754)
- 1724Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (died 1804)
- 1854Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
- 1870Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (died 1924)
- 1909Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
- 1957Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Polandturns 69 years
Died on this day April 22
- 296Pope Caius
- 536Pope Agapetus Iaged 46 years
- 1806Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (born 1763)aged 43 years
- 1833Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (born 1771)aged 62 years
- 1892Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (born 1823)aged 69 years
- 1945Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (born 1867)aged 78 years
- 1983Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903)aged 80 years
- 1994Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (born 1913)aged 81 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 06:06 and sets at 19:43, giving 13h 36m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 60 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 34% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 22 to Bartholomew the Apostle, Soter and Agapetus I.
April 22 is International Mother Earth 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: Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II (1073); Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil) (1500). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Isabella I of Castile was born on April 22, 1451; Pope Caius died on April 22, 296.
247 days remain until Christmas and 254 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 22 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 31%
- of the year elapsed
- 247
- until Christmas
- 254
- until New Year
- 678
- 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