Today
Sunday August 23 2026
- Day of the year
- 235/ 365
- Week
- 342,026
- Days left
- 13064%
- Moon
- 81%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, August 23, 2026. It is day 235 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 130 remain, and 64% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 34.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
WorldwideUNESCO — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Callinicus I of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Philip Benizi de DamianiGeneral Superior of the Order of the Servites
- Zacchaeus of JerusalemRoman saint and Jewish bishop of Jerusalem
- TydfilWelsh saint
- Lupus of Novaeslave of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:15
- Sunset
- 19:43
- Length of day
- 13h 28m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 30 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 : 81%
Moon age : 10.9 days
- Next full moon
- August 28, 2026
- Next new moon
- September 11, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Virgo
until September 23, 2026 — Libra
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
476
Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. Wikipedia
1268
The Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Prince Conradin is nearly destroyed by Charles of Anjou, ending Hohenstaufen control over the Kingdom of Sicily and leaving the Angevins in control. Wikipedia
1305
William Wallace is put on trial and subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered. Wikipedia
1328
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers. Wikipedia
1813
At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. Wikipedia
1866
The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. Wikipedia
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1939
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence". Wikipedia
1942
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies. Wikipedia
1989
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day August 23
- 1741Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (died 1788)
- 1864Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
- 1921Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
- 1924Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
- 1930Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (died 2016)
- 1931Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
- 1932Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (died 1978)
- 1951Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)
Died on this day August 23
- 634Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (born 573)aged 61 years
- 1305William Wallace, Scottish knight and rebel leader (born c.1270)aged 35 years
- 1806Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (born 1736)aged 70 years
- 1926Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (born 1895)aged 31 years
- 1987Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (born 1952)aged 35 years
- 2005Brock Peters, American actor (born 1927)aged 78 years
- 2006Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (born 1928)aged 78 years
- 2023Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian businessman, chief of Wagner Group (born 1961)aged 62 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 06:15 and sets at 19:43, giving 13h 28m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 30 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 81% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 23 to Callinicus I of Constantinople, Philip Benizi de Damiani and Zacchaeus of Jerusalem.
August 23 is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops (476); The Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Prince Conradin is nearly destroyed by Charles of Anjou, ending Hohenstaufen control over the Kingdom of Sicily and leaving the Angevins in control (1268). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Jean-François de Galaup was born on August 23, 1741; Abu Bakr died on August 23, 634.
124 days remain until Christmas and 131 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 23 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 64%
- of the year elapsed
- 124
- until Christmas
- 131
- until New Year
- 555
- 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