Today
Friday April 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 93/ 365
- Week
- 142,026
- Days left
- 27225%
- Moon
- 98%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, April 3, 2026. It is day 93 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 272 remain, and 25% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 14.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- April 7World Health Day
- April 12International Day of Human Space Flight
- April 22International Mother Earth Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Sixtus I7th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Joseph the HymnographerEastern Orthodox hymnographer
- Richard of ChichesterBishop of Chichester, Saint
- Aloisius ScrosoppiItalian Roman Catholic priest (1804-1884)
- Nicetas of MedikionByzantine saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:36
- Sunset
- 19:23
- Length of day
- 12h 47m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 79 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
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 98%
Moon age : 15.6 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
1043
Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Wikipedia
1559
The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars. Wikipedia
1860
The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. Wikipedia
1882
American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James. Wikipedia
1885
Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen. Wikipedia
1922
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
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1948
Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. Wikipedia
1973
Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. Wikipedia
1975
Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. Wikipedia
2010
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 3
- 1593George Herbert, English poet (died 1633)
- 1715William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (died 1787)
- 1783Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)
- 1881Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1954)
- 1885Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
- 1929Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)
- 1930Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)
- 1948Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexicoturns 78 years
Died on this day April 3
- 1287Pope Honorius IV (born 1210)aged 77 years
- 1350Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1295)aged 55 years
- 1682Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (born 1618)aged 65 years
- 1827Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (born 1756)aged 71 years
- 1849Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (born 1809)aged 40 years
- 1868Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (born 1796)aged 72 years
- 1882Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (born 1847)aged 35 years
- 1897Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (born 1833)aged 64 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 06:36 and sets at 19:23, giving 12h 47m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 79 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 98% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 3 to Sixtus I, Joseph the Hymnographer and Richard of Chichester.
No United Nations international day falls on April 3. The next one on the calendar is World Health Day, on April 7.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England (1043); The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars (1559). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
George Herbert was born on April 3, 1593; Pope Honorius IV died on April 3, 1287.
266 days remain until Christmas and 273 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 3 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 25%
- of the year elapsed
- 266
- until Christmas
- 273
- until New Year
- 697
- 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