Today
Tuesday August 11 2026
- Day of the year
- 223/ 365
- Week
- 332,026
- Days left
- 14261%
- Moon
- 2%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, August 11, 2026. It is day 223 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 142 remain, and 61% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 33.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- August 12International Youth Day
- August 19World Humanitarian Day
- August 21International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint Nicholas4th-century Christian bishop and saint
- Clare of AssisiItalian saint (1194–1253)
- PhilomenaChristian saint, martyr and wonderworker
- Saint SusannaChristian saint martyed in 295
- Nephon II of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:03
- Sunset
- 20:00
- Length of day
- 13h 57m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 42 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 crescent
Illumination : 2%
Moon age : 28.3 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
-3114
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. Wikipedia
1492
Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI. Wikipedia
1804
Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria. Wikipedia
1858
The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren. Wikipedia
1919
Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law. Wikipedia
1920
The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence. Wikipedia
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1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. Wikipedia
1960
Chad declares independence from France. Wikipedia
1965
Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. Wikipedia
2003
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 11
- 1837Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)
- 1858Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1897Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)
- 1902Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (died 1986)
- 1926Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
- 1932Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galiciaturns 94 years
- 1943Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)
- 1950Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.turns 76 years
Died on this day August 11
- 1253Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)aged 59 years
- 1259Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1208)aged 50 years
- 1464Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)aged 63 years
- 1494Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (born 1430)aged 59 years
- 1886Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1843)aged 43 years
- 1890John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (born 1801)aged 89 years
- 1953Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1892)aged 61 years
- 1956Jackson Pollock, American painter (born 1912)aged 44 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 06:03 and sets at 20:00, giving 13h 57m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 42 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 2% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 11 to Saint Nicholas, Clare of Assisi and Philomena.
No United Nations international day falls on August 11. The next one on the calendar is International Youth Day, on August 12.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins (-3114); Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI (1492). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Marie François Sadi Carnot was born on August 11, 1837; Clare of Assisi died on August 11, 1253.
136 days remain until Christmas and 143 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 11 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 61%
- of the year elapsed
- 136
- until Christmas
- 143
- until New Year
- 567
- 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