Today
Wednesday April 29 2026
- Day of the year
- 119/ 365
- Week
- 182,026
- Days left
- 24633%
- Moon
- 96%Waxing gibbous
Today is Wednesday, April 29, 2026. It is day 119 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 246 remain, and 33% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 18.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- April 30International Jazz Day
- May 3World Press Freedom Day
- May 8World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Catherine of SienaItalian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
- TychicusCompanion of the Apostle Paul
- Hugh of ClunyAbbot of Cluny (1024-1109)
- Basil of OstrogSerbian Orthodox bishop and saint
- Itala MelaItalian Benedictine oblate, mystic, and theologian (1904–1957)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:57
- Sunset
- 19:50
- Length of day
- 13h 53m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 53 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 : 96%
Moon age : 12.2 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
1091
Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Wikipedia
1429
Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. Wikipedia
1770
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names. Wikipedia
1916
World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Wikipedia
1945
Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. Wikipedia
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1946
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes. Wikipedia
1991
A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless. Wikipedia
1992
Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. Wikipedia
2011
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 29
- 1727Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (died 1810)
- 1762Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)
- 1780Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (died 1844)
- 1818Alexander II of Russia (died 1881)
- 1837Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
- 1854Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)
- 1863William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (died 1951)
- 1863Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)
Died on this day April 29
- 1380Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347)aged 33 years
- 1676Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607)aged 69 years
- 1707George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678)aged 30 years
- 1768Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1694)aged 74 years
- 1951Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)aged 62 years
- 1980Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (born 1899)aged 81 years
- 2006John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908)aged 98 years
- 2007Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (born 1944)aged 63 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 05:57 and sets at 19:50, giving 13h 53m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 53 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 96% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 29 to Catherine of Siena, Tychicus and Hugh of Cluny.
No United Nations international day falls on April 29. The next one on the calendar is International Jazz Day, on April 30.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1091); Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans (1429). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Jean-Georges Noverre was born on April 29, 1727; Catherine of Siena died on April 29, 1380.
240 days remain until Christmas and 247 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 29 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 33%
- of the year elapsed
- 240
- until Christmas
- 247
- until New Year
- 671
- 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