Today
Saturday August 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 234/ 365
- Week
- 342,026
- Days left
- 13164%
- Moon
- 74%Waxing gibbous
Today is Saturday, August 22, 2026. It is day 234 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 131 remain, and 64% 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 23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- August 29International Day against Nuclear Tests
- August 30International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Queen of HeavenChristian devotion of Mary
- Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of NorthumberlandEarl of Northumberland
- Symphorian2nd-century Christian martyr
- John WallEnglish Catholic Franciscan friar and martyr
- John KembleEnglish saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:14
- Sunset
- 19:44
- Length of day
- 13h 31m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 31 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 gibbous
Illumination : 74%
Moon age : 9.9 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
1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII. Wikipedia
1559
Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy. Wikipedia
1614
Fettmilch uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse. Wikipedia
1642
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War. Wikipedia
1770
James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales. Wikipedia
1791
The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti. Wikipedia
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1851
The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America. Wikipedia
1922
Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War. Wikipedia
1962
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. Wikipedia
2004
Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 22
- 1412Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (died 1464)
- 1647Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
- 1760Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
- 1764Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
- 1854Milan I of Serbia (died 1901)
- 1860Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (died 1940)
- 1862Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
- 1904Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)
Died on this day August 22
- 1155Emperor Konoe of Japan (born 1139)aged 16 years
- 1241Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143)aged 71 years
- 1280Pope Nicholas III (born 1225)aged 65 years
- 1350Philip VI of France (born 1293)aged 57 years
- 1485Richard III of England (born 1452)aged 33 years
- 1922Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890)aged 32 years
- 1976Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)aged 74 years
- 1978Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)aged 85 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 06:14 and sets at 19:44, giving 13h 31m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 31 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 74% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 22 to Queen of Heaven, Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland and Symphorian.
No United Nations international day falls on August 22. The next one on the calendar is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, on August 23.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII (1485); Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy (1559). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Frederick II was born on August 22, 1412; Emperor Konoe of Japan died on August 22, 1155.
125 days remain until Christmas and 132 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 22 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 64%
- of the year elapsed
- 125
- until Christmas
- 132
- until New Year
- 556
- 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