Today
Saturday August 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 213/ 365
- Week
- 312,026
- Days left
- 15258%
- Moon
- 91%Waning gibbous
Today is Saturday, August 1, 2026. It is day 213 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 152 remain, and 58% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 31.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- August 12International Youth Day
- August 19World Humanitarian Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Alphonsus Maria de LiguoriItalian Catholic bishop and saint (1696-1787)
- Seraphim of SarovRussian Saint and Wonderworker
- Peter FaberJesuit priest and evangelist
- FrumentiusBishop of Aksum
- Æthelwold of WinchesterBishop of Winchester; Abbot of Abingdon
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:53
- Sunset
- 20:12
- Length of day
- 14h 19m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 52 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 91%
Moon age : 18.3 days
- Next full moon
- August 28, 2026
- Next new moon
- August 12, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Leo
until August 23, 2026 — Virgo
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
-30
Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and brings the city under the control of the Roman Republic. (date is O.S.) Wikipedia
527
Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia
1664
Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár. Wikipedia
1774
British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire. Wikipedia
1927
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Wikipedia
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1936
The Olympics open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland. Wikipedia
1976
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring. Wikipedia
1981
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 1
- 1520Sigismund II, Polish king (died 1572)
- 1744Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829)
- 1779Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)
- 1858Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (died 1937)
- 1885George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
- 1936Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)
- 1949Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstanturns 77 years
- 1952Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2003)
Died on this day August 1
- 371Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (born 283)aged 88 years
- 527Justin I, Byzantine emperor (born 450)aged 77 years
- 1098Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legateaged 43 years
- 1137Louis VI, king of France (born 1081)aged 56 years
- 1714Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)aged 49 years
- 1970Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)aged 87 years
- 1996Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)aged 99 years
- 2009Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)aged 76 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 05:53 and sets at 20:12, giving 14h 19m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 52 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 91% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 1 to Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Seraphim of Sarov and Peter Faber.
No United Nations international day falls on August 1. The next one on the calendar is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, on August 9.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and brings the city under the control of the Roman Republic (-30); Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire (527). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Sigismund II was born on August 1, 1520; Eusebius of Vercelli died on August 1, 371.
146 days remain until Christmas and 153 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 1 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 58%
- of the year elapsed
- 146
- until Christmas
- 153
- until New Year
- 577
- 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