Today
Monday April 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 96/ 365
- Week
- 152,026
- Days left
- 26926%
- Moon
- 81%Waning gibbous
Today is Monday, April 6, 2026. It is day 96 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 269 remain, and 26% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 15.
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.
- Constantine the GreatRoman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity (272–337)
- Eutychius of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Michael RuaItalian Salesian priest (1837–1910)
- Prudentius of TroyesSpanish bishop
- William of ÆbelholtDanish Roman Catholic saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:31
- Sunset
- 19:26
- Length of day
- 12h 55m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:58
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 76 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 : 81%
Moon age : 18.6 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
-46
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. Wikipedia
402
Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. Wikipedia
1320
The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Wikipedia
1652
At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. Wikipedia
1793
During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. Wikipedia
1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston. Wikipedia
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1865
American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign. Wikipedia
1896
In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. Wikipedia
1917
World War I: The United States declares war on Germany. Wikipedia
1994
The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day April 6
- 1660Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (died 1722)
- 1890Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (died 1939)
- 1904Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (died 1988)
- 1911Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
- 1920Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
- 1926Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)
- 1928James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
- 1949Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 77 years
Died on this day April 6
- 1199Richard I, king of England (born 1157)aged 42 years
- 1520Raphael, Italian painter and architect (born 1483)aged 37 years
- 1528Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (born 1471)aged 57 years
- 1829Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (born 1802)aged 27 years
- 1838José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (born 1763)aged 75 years
- 1862Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (born 1803)aged 59 years
- 1906Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (born 1849)aged 57 years
- 1961Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)aged 91 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 06:31 and sets at 19:26, giving 12h 55m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 76 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 81% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 1, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches April 6 to Constantine the Great, Eutychius of Constantinople and Michael Rua.
No United Nations international day falls on April 6. 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: Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus (-46); Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia (402). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johann Kuhnau was born on April 6, 1660; Richard I died on April 6, 1199.
263 days remain until Christmas and 270 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — April 6 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 26%
- of the year elapsed
- 263
- until Christmas
- 270
- until New Year
- 694
- 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