Today
Friday August 28 2026
- Day of the year
- 240/ 365
- Week
- 352,026
- Days left
- 12566%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Friday, August 28, 2026. It is day 240 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 125 remain, and 66% 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.
- Augustine of HippoChristian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
- HezekiahKing of Judah
- Moses the Blackmonk, priest and martyr in Egypt
- Pope Theonas of AlexandriaEgyptian priest (0300-0300)
- Edmund ArrowsmithLancaster Jesuit priest; one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:19
- Sunset
- 19:35
- Length of day
- 13h 16m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:57
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 25 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 : 15.9 days
- Next full moon
- September 26, 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
475
The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. Wikipedia
1521
Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. Wikipedia
1619
Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
1850
Richard Wagner's Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar. Wikipedia
1867
The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll. Wikipedia
1879
Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. Wikipedia
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1914
World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. Wikipedia
1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech. Wikipedia
1988
Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured. Wikipedia
1990
Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 28
- 1582Taichang, emperor of China (died 1620)
- 1592George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician (died 1628)
- 1749Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (died 1832)
- 1774Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (died 1821)
- 1833Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement (died 1898)
- 1894Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (died 1981)
- 1899Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (died 1978)
- 1938Paul Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Canadaturns 88 years
Died on this day August 28
- 430Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (born 354)aged 76 years
- 876Louis the German, Frankish king (born 804)aged 70 years
- 1481Afonso V, king of Portugal (born 1432)aged 49 years
- 1654Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (born 1583)aged 71 years
- 1987John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)aged 81 years
- 2008Phil Hill, American race car driver (born 1927)aged 81 years
- 2009Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (born 1973)aged 36 years
- 2020Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (born 1976)aged 44 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 06:19 and sets at 19:35, giving 13h 16m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 25 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 28 to Augustine of Hippo, Hezekiah and Moses the Black.
No United Nations international day falls on August 28. 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: The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna (475); Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade (1521). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Taichang was born on August 28, 1582; Augustine of Hippo died on August 28, 430.
119 days remain until Christmas and 126 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 28 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 66%
- of the year elapsed
- 119
- until Christmas
- 126
- until New Year
- 550
- 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