Today
Sunday April 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 95/ 365
- Week
- 142,026
- Days left
- 27026%
- Moon
- 88%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, April 5, 2026. It is day 95 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 270 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.
- Vincent FerrerSpanish Dominican preacher and saint (1350–1419)
- Macarius of EgyptEgyptian Christian monk and hermit
- Juliana of LiègePremonstratensian canoness, saint and mystic
- Catalina ThomásSpanish religious (1531-1574)
- Maria Crescentia HössRoman Catholic saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:33
- Sunset
- 19:25
- Length of day
- 12h 52m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 77 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 : 88%
Moon age : 17.6 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
823
Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. Wikipedia
1242
During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. Wikipedia
1795
Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made. Wikipedia
1818
In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. Wikipedia
1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. Wikipedia
1946
Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm. Wikipedia
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1951
Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
1976
In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident. Wikipedia
1992
Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. Wikipedia
1998
In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 5
- 1288Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)
- 1472Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510)
- 1588Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)
- 1732Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (died 1806)
- 1909Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (died 1996)
- 1923Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (died 2001)
- 1934Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (died 2017)
- 1937Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
Died on this day April 5
- 1419Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1350)aged 69 years
- 1794Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759)aged 35 years
- 1964Douglas MacArthur, American general (born 1880)aged 84 years
- 1967Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)aged 77 years
- 1975Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (born 1887)aged 88 years
- 1976Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)aged 71 years
- 2005Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)aged 90 years
- 2012Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (born 1923)aged 89 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 06:33 and sets at 19:25, giving 12h 52m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 77 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 88% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 5 to Vincent Ferrer, Macarius of Egypt and Juliana of Liège.
No United Nations international day falls on April 5. 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: Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I (823); During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights (1242). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan was born on April 5, 1288; Vincent Ferrer died on April 5, 1419.
264 days remain until Christmas and 271 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 5 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 26%
- of the year elapsed
- 264
- until Christmas
- 271
- until New Year
- 695
- 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