Today
Saturday April 4 2026
- Day of the year
- 94/ 365
- Week
- 142,026
- Days left
- 27126%
- Moon
- 94%Waning gibbous
Today is Saturday, April 4, 2026. It is day 94 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 271 remain, and 26% 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.
- Isidore of SevilleHispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
- Benedict the MoorItalian-born African Franciscan friar in Sicily
- Francisco MartoPortuguese visionary and Roman Catholic saint (1908–1919)
- Zosimas of PalestinePalestinian saint
- Giuseppe Benedetto DusmetItalian catholic cardinal and blessed (1818–1894)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:34
- Sunset
- 19:24
- Length of day
- 12h 49m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 78 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 : 94%
Moon age : 16.6 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
1581
Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world. Wikipedia
1905
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala. Wikipedia
1949
Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Wikipedia
1960
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. Wikipedia
1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Wikipedia
1968
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. Wikipedia
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1973
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated. Wikipedia
1975
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wikipedia
1979
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. Wikipedia
2023
Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 4
- 1688Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (died 1768)
- 1785Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (died 1859)
- 1792Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (died 1868)
- 1826Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (died 1901)
- 1842Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (died 1891)
- 1846Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and educator (died 1870)
- 1875Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (died 1964)
- 1876Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (died 1958)
Died on this day April 4
- 397Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (born 338)aged 58 years
- 1841William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (born 1773)aged 68 years
- 1929Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (born 1844)aged 85 years
- 1931André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (born 1853)aged 78 years
- 1932Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)aged 79 years
- 1968Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated) (born 1929)aged 39 years
- 1979Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (born 1928)aged 51 years
- 1984Oleg Antonov, Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov Design Bureau (born 1906)aged 78 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 06:34 and sets at 19:24, giving 12h 49m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 78 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 94% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 4 to Isidore of Seville, Benedict the Moor and Francisco Marto.
No United Nations international day falls on April 4. 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: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world (1581); In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala (1905). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle was born on April 4, 1688; Ambrose died on April 4, 397.
265 days remain until Christmas and 272 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 4 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 26%
- of the year elapsed
- 265
- until Christmas
- 272
- until New Year
- 696
- 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