Today
Thursday August 13 2026
- Day of the year
- 225/ 365
- Week
- 332,026
- Days left
- 14062%
- Moon
- 1%Waxing crescent
Today is Thursday, August 13, 2026. It is day 225 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 140 remain, and 62% 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 19World Humanitarian Day
- August 21International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- August 23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Pontianpope
- Maximus the ConfessorChristian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (c. 580 - 662)
- RadegundFrankish queen consort
- Aelia EudociaGreek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)
- Irene of HungaryEmpress consort of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1134)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:05
- Sunset
- 19:57
- Length of day
- 13h 52m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 40 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 1%
Moon age : 0.9 days
- Next full moon
- August 28, 2026
- Next new moon
- September 11, 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
523
John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. Wikipedia
1099
Election of Pope Paschal II following the death of pope Urban II in the previous month. Wikipedia
1521
After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Wikipedia
1532
Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France. Wikipedia
1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops. Wikipedia
1905
Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden. Wikipedia
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1920
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated. Wikipedia
1960
The Central African Republic declares independence from France. Wikipedia
1961
Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday. Wikipedia
1968
Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 13
- 1756James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (died 1815)
- 1866Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A. (died 1945)
- 1871Karl Liebknecht, German politician, co-founded Communist Party of Germany (died 1919)
- 1872Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1942)
- 1912Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 1913Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (died 1977)
- 1918Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
- 1926Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (died 2016)
Died on this day August 13
- 1826René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (born 1781)aged 45 years
- 1863Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (born 1798)aged 65 years
- 1910Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (born 1820)aged 90 years
- 1912Jules Massenet, French composer (born 1842)aged 70 years
- 1917Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)aged 57 years
- 1946H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (born 1866)aged 80 years
- 1984Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (born 1929)aged 55 years
- 1996António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1910)aged 86 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 06:05 and sets at 19:57, giving 13h 52m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 40 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 1% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 13 to Pontian, Maximus the Confessor and Radegund.
No United Nations international day falls on August 13. The next one on the calendar is World Humanitarian Day, on August 19.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas (523); Election of Pope Paschal II following the death of pope Urban II in the previous month (1099). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
James Gillray was born on August 13, 1756; René Laennec died on August 13, 1826.
134 days remain until Christmas and 141 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 13 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 62%
- of the year elapsed
- 134
- until Christmas
- 141
- until New Year
- 565
- 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