Today
Sunday April 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 116/ 365
- Week
- 172,026
- Days left
- 24932%
- Moon
- 76%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, April 26, 2026. It is day 116 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 249 remain, and 32% 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 28World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- April 30International Jazz Day
- May 3World Press Freedom Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Anacletus3rd pope and bishop of Rome from c. 79 to c. 92 AD
- MarcellinusPope and bishop of Rome (tenure 296-304)
- Stephen of PermRussian saint
- Paschasius RadbertusFrench monk
- Our Lady of Good Counseltitle of the Virgin Mary
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:01
- Sunset
- 19:47
- Length of day
- 13h 46m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:54
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 56 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 gibbous
Illumination : 76%
Moon age : 9.2 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
1478
The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral. Wikipedia
1915
World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers. Wikipedia
1925
Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic. Wikipedia
1933
The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring. Wikipedia
1937
Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria. Wikipedia
1962
NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. Wikipedia
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1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Wikipedia
1966
The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed. Wikipedia
1986
The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Wikipedia
1994
South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 26
- 1319John II of France (died 1364)
- 1575Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
- 1774Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1853)
- 1782Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (died 1866)
- 1785John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (died 1851)
- 1879Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
- 1917I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (died 2019)
- 1970Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United Statesturns 56 years
Died on this day April 26
- 1192Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (born 1127)aged 65 years
- 1478Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1453)aged 25 years
- 1865John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838)aged 27 years
- 1920Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (born 1887)aged 33 years
- 1969Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (born 1883)aged 86 years
- 1984Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1904)aged 80 years
- 1989Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (born 1911)aged 78 years
- 2017Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)aged 73 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 06:01 and sets at 19:47, giving 13h 46m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 56 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 76% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 26 to Anacletus, Marcellinus and Stephen of Perm.
No United Nations international day falls on April 26. The next one on the calendar is World Day for Safety and Health at Work, on April 28.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral (1478); World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers (1915). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
John II of France was born on April 26, 1319; Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan died on April 26, 1192.
243 days remain until Christmas and 250 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 26 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 32%
- of the year elapsed
- 243
- until Christmas
- 250
- until New Year
- 674
- 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