Today
Thursday August 27 2026
- Day of the year
- 239/ 365
- Week
- 352,026
- Days left
- 12665%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Thursday, August 27, 2026. It is day 239 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 126 remain, and 65% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 35.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- August 29International Day against Nuclear Tests
- August 30International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
- September 5International Day of Charity
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- LiberiusHead of the Catholic Church from 352 to 366
- Monica of HippoChristian saint; mother of St. Augustine
- Hosius of CordubaSpanish bishop (256–359)
- Caesarius of ArlesMerovingian archbishop and saint
- Pope Theonas of AlexandriaEgyptian priest (0300-0300)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:18
- Sunset
- 19:37
- Length of day
- 13h 18m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:58
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 26 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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 14.9 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
1597
Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Wŏn Kyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang. Wikipedia
1776
American Revolutionary War: British forces under General William Howe flank and defeat the Continental Army under General George Washington during the Battle of Long Island, with the 1st Maryland Regiment sustaining heavy casualties to cover retreating American troops. Wikipedia
1813
French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. Wikipedia
1859
Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Wikipedia
1896
Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. Wikipedia
1928
The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. Wikipedia
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1939
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft. Wikipedia
1962
The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. Wikipedia
1979
The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three o Wikipedia
1991
Moldova declares independence from the USSR. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day August 27
- 1770Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (died 1831)
- 1858Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932)
- 1864Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (died 1919)
- 1865Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
- 1877Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1910)
- 1884Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, President of the French Republic (died 1966)
- 1908Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (died 1973)
- 1986Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austriaturns 40 years
Died on this day August 27
- 1312Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (born 1261)aged 51 years
- 1521Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (born 1450)aged 66 years
- 1576Titian, Italian painter and educator (born 1488)aged 86 years
- 1590Pope Sixtus V (born 1521)aged 69 years
- 1965Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (born 1887)aged 78 years
- 1967Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (born 1934)aged 33 years
- 1975Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (born 1892)aged 83 years
- 1979Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (born 1900)aged 79 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 06:18 and sets at 19:37, giving 13h 18m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 26 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 27 to Liberius, Monica of Hippo and Hosius of Corduba.
No United Nations international day falls on August 27. The next one on the calendar is International Day against Nuclear Tests, on August 29.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Wŏn Kyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang (1597); American Revolutionary War: British forces under General William Howe flank and defeat the Continental Army under General George Washington during the Battle of Long Island, with the 1st Maryland Regiment sustaining heavy casualties to cover retreating American troops (1776). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born on August 27, 1770; Arthur II died on August 27, 1312.
120 days remain until Christmas and 127 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 27 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 65%
- of the year elapsed
- 120
- until Christmas
- 127
- until New Year
- 551
- 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