Today
Monday August 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 215/ 365
- Week
- 322,026
- Days left
- 15059%
- Moon
- 76%Waning gibbous
Today is Monday, August 3, 2026. It is day 215 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 150 remain, and 59% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 32.
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.
- Salomebiblical figure, mother of John and Jacob
- Augustin KažotićCroatian monk
- AsprenBishop of Naples
- Euphronios of Autunbishop of Autun in late antiquity
- Abibonsaint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:55
- Sunset
- 20:10
- Length of day
- 14h 15m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 50 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 : 76%
Moon age : 20.3 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
881
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. Wikipedia
1492
Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Wikipedia
1645
Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1778
The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality. Wikipedia
1940
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. Wikipedia
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1958
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. Wikipedia
1960
Niger gains independence from France. Wikipedia
2004
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. Wikipedia
2005
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 3
- 1770Frederick William III of Prussia (died 1840)
- 1811Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (died 1861)
- 1867Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1947)
- 1903Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (died 2000)
- 1934Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
- 1941Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimediaturns 85 years
- 1948Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of Franceturns 78 years
- 1986Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifestoturns 40 years
Died on this day August 3
- 1460James II, king of Scotland (born 1430)aged 30 years
- 1797Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717)aged 80 years
- 1924Joseph Conrad, British novelist (born 1857)aged 67 years
- 1942Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)aged 70 years
- 1958Peter Collins, English race car driver (born 1931)aged 27 years
- 1977Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (born 1913)aged 64 years
- 1983Carolyn Jones, American actress (born 1930)aged 53 years
- 2008Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)aged 90 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 05:55 and sets at 20:10, giving 14h 15m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 50 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 76% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 3 to Salome, Augustin Kažotić and Aspren.
No United Nations international day falls on August 3. 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: Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied (881); Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain (1492). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Frederick William III of Prussia was born on August 3, 1770; James II died on August 3, 1460.
144 days remain until Christmas and 151 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 3 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 59%
- of the year elapsed
- 144
- until Christmas
- 151
- until New Year
- 575
- 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