Today
Wednesday August 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 224/ 365
- Week
- 332,026
- Days left
- 14161%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Wednesday, August 12, 2026. It is day 224 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 141 remain, and 61% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 33.
What's celebrated on this date
International Youth Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Innocent XIpope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689
- Jane Frances de ChantalFrench nun and saint (1572-1641)
- Karl LeisnerGerman Roman Catholic priest and martyr (1915–1945)
- Amadeus of PortugalFranciscan friar and reformer
- JænberhtArchbishop of Canterbury
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:04
- Sunset
- 19:58
- Length of day
- 13h 55m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 41 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
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 29.3 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
1121
Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. Wikipedia
1687
Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
1806
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion. Wikipedia
1851
Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine. Wikipedia
1883
The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Wikipedia
1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. Wikipedia
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1981
The IBM Personal Computer is released. Wikipedia
1985
Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster. Wikipedia
2000
The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew. Wikipedia
2015
At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 12
- 1604Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651)
- 1762George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
- 1774Robert Southey, English poet and author (died 1843)
- 1866Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
- 1887Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
- 1930George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Managementturns 96 years
- 1932Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand (died 2025)
- 1954François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of Franceturns 72 years
Died on this day August 12
- 1674Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1602)aged 72 years
- 1827William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757)aged 70 years
- 1900Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (born 1836)aged 64 years
- 1928Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (born 1854)aged 74 years
- 1955Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)aged 80 years
- 1964Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (born 1908)aged 56 years
- 1982Henry Fonda, American actor (born 1905)aged 77 years
- 1989William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)aged 79 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 06:04 and sets at 19:58, giving 13h 55m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 41 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 12 to Innocent XI, Jane Frances de Chantal and Karl Leisner.
August 12 is International Youth Day, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi (1121); Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire (1687). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was born on August 12, 1604; Philippe de Champaigne died on August 12, 1674.
135 days remain until Christmas and 142 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 12 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 61%
- of the year elapsed
- 135
- until Christmas
- 142
- until New Year
- 566
- 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