Today
Sunday August 2 2026
- Day of the year
- 214/ 365
- Week
- 312,026
- Days left
- 15159%
- Moon
- 84%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, August 2, 2026. It is day 214 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 151 remain, and 59% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 31.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- August 12International Youth Day
- August 19World Humanitarian Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Stephen IPope and Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257
- Basil Fool for ChristEastern Orthodox Church Saint
- Eusebius of VercelliCatholic bishop and saint
- Peter Julian EymardCatholic priest - Saint
- Athanasius of Brest-LitovskEastern Orthodox saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:54
- Sunset
- 20:11
- Length of day
- 14h 17m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 51 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 gibbous
Illumination : 84%
Moon age : 19.3 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
-338
A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. Wikipedia
-216
The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. Wikipedia
1798
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory. Wikipedia
1903
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins. Wikipedia
1934
Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. Wikipedia
1939
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. Wikipedia
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1945
World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends. Wikipedia
1980
A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. Wikipedia
1985
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. Wikipedia
1990
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 2
- 1533Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (died 1588)
- 1612Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (died 1642)
- 1627Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (died 1678)
- 1834Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (died 1904)
- 1884Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (died 1969)
- 1892Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (died 1978)
- 1923Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (died 2016)
- 1925Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (died 2013)
Died on this day August 2
- 257Pope Stephen I
- 686Pope John Vaged 51 years
- 1100William II of England (born 1056)aged 40 years
- 1589Henry III of France (born 1551)aged 38 years
- 1921Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (born 1873)aged 48 years
- 1922Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (born 1847)aged 75 years
- 1923Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (born 1865)aged 58 years
- 1934Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (born 1847)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 05:54 and sets at 20:11, giving 14h 17m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 51 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 84% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 2 to Stephen I, Basil Fool for Christ and Eusebius of Vercelli.
No United Nations international day falls on August 2. The next one on the calendar is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, on August 9.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean (-338); The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae (-216). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Theodor Zwinger was born on August 2, 1533; Pope Stephen I died on August 2, 257.
145 days remain until Christmas and 152 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 2 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 59%
- of the year elapsed
- 145
- until Christmas
- 152
- until New Year
- 576
- 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