Today
Monday August 17 2026
- Day of the year
- 229/ 365
- Week
- 342,026
- Days left
- 13663%
- Moon
- 27%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, August 17, 2026. It is day 229 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 136 remain, and 63% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 34.
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.
- CarlomanMayor of the Palace of Austrasia (710-754)
- Hyacinth of PolandPolish Dominican priest
- Beatrice of SilvaPortuguese Catholic nun and saint, founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionists)
- Tekle HaymanotEthiopian saint
- Clare of MontefalcoAugustinian nun and abbess
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:09
- Sunset
- 19:52
- Length of day
- 13h 43m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 36 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 : 27%
Moon age : 4.9 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
986
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping. Wikipedia
1424
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Wikipedia
1668
The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
1740
Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia. Wikipedia
1945
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire. Wikipedia
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1945
The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. Wikipedia
1970
Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus). Wikipedia
1999
The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. Wikipedia
2017
Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 17
- 1578Francesco Albani, Italian painter (died 1660)
- 1629John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king (died 1696)
- 1768Louis Desaix, French general (died 1800)
- 1887Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (died 1940)
- 1890Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1946)
- 1913Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2008)
- 1953Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureateturns 73 years
- 1954Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombiaturns 72 years
Died on this day August 17
- 1304Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (born 1243)aged 61 years
- 1673Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1641)aged 32 years
- 1786Frederick the Great, Prussian king (born 1712)aged 74 years
- 1850José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (born 1778)aged 72 years
- 1983Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (born 1896)aged 87 years
- 1987Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (born 1894)aged 93 years
- 2008Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (born 1926)aged 82 years
- 2025Terence Stamp, English actor (born 1938)aged 87 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 06:09 and sets at 19:52, giving 13h 43m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 36 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 27% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 17 to Carloman, Hyacinth of Poland and Beatrice of Silva.
No United Nations international day falls on August 17. 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: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping (986); Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas (1424). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Francesco Albani was born on August 17, 1578; Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan died on August 17, 1304.
130 days remain until Christmas and 137 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 17 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 63%
- of the year elapsed
- 130
- until Christmas
- 137
- until New Year
- 561
- 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