Today
Saturday August 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 227/ 365
- Week
- 332,026
- Days left
- 13862%
- Moon
- 11%Waxing crescent
Today is Saturday, August 15, 2026. It is day 227 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 138 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.
- Marymother of Jesus Christ
- Assumption of Marythe bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church
- Saint Dominicfounder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
- Dormition of the Mother of GodGreat Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches
- Mechthild of MagdeburgGerman mystic
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:07
- Sunset
- 19:54
- Length of day
- 13h 48m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 38 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 : 11%
Moon age : 2.9 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
778
The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. Wikipedia
1248
The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) Wikipedia
1483
Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. Wikipedia
1914
The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. Wikipedia
1945
Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. Wikipedia
1969
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. Wikipedia
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1971
President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. Wikipedia
1977
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. Wikipedia
2007
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru, killing 514 and injuring 1,090. Wikipedia
2021
Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 15
- 1171Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (died 1230)
- 1771Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1832)
- 1807Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1891)
- 1865Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926)
- 1872Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (died 1950)
- 1879Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959)
- 1892Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
- 1896Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
Died on this day August 15
- 423Honorius, Roman emperor (born 384)aged 39 years
- 1038Stephen I, Hungarian king (born 975)aged 63 years
- 1118Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1048)aged 70 years
- 1621John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (born 1582)aged 39 years
- 1666Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (born 1591)aged 74 years
- 1936Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)aged 65 years
- 1967René Magritte, Belgian painter (born 1898)aged 69 years
- 1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (born 1920)aged 55 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 06:07 and sets at 19:54, giving 13h 48m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 38 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 11% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 15 to Mary, Assumption of Mary and Saint Dominic.
No United Nations international day falls on August 15. 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: The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army (778); The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid (1248). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Alfonso IX was born on August 15, 1171; Honorius died on August 15, 423.
132 days remain until Christmas and 139 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 15 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 62%
- of the year elapsed
- 132
- until Christmas
- 139
- until New Year
- 563
- 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