Today
Tuesday August 4 2026
- Day of the year
- 216/ 365
- Week
- 322,026
- Days left
- 14959%
- Moon
- 66%Waning gibbous
Today is Tuesday, August 4, 2026. It is day 216 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 149 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.
- Jean-Marie VianneyFrench priest and saint (1786–1859)
- Seven Sleepersstory in Christian folklore and the Qur'an
- Aristarchus of ThessalonicaAncient Roman saint
- Ioan BălanRomanian Greek-Catholic bishop (1880-1959)
- Saint Mari1st-century Syriac missionary and apostle, Christian saint, one of the Seventy Disciples and founder of the Church of the East
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:56
- Sunset
- 20:08
- Length of day
- 14h 12m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 49 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 : 66%
Moon age : 21.3 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
1265
Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies. Wikipedia
1578
Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese but both the Moroccan king Abd al-Malik and the Portuguese king Sebastian die. Ahmad al-Mansur follows Abd al-Malik as sultan of Morocco while the death of Sebastian leads to a succession crisis in Portugal. Wikipedia
1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality. Wikipedia
1944
The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others. Wikipedia
1983
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara. Wikipedia
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1984
The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso. Wikipedia
2007
NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched. Wikipedia
2018
Crisis in Venezuela: Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard. Wikipedia
2020
Beirut Port explosion: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 4
- 1521Pope Urban VII (died 1590)
- 1792Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (died 1822)
- 1834John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)
- 1900Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (died 2002)
- 1901Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (died 1971)
- 1960José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spainturns 66 years
- 1961Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureateturns 65 years
- 1981Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, American member of British royal family, media personality and actressturns 45 years
Died on this day August 4
- 1060Henry I of France (born 1008)aged 52 years
- 1265Casualties of the Battle of Eveshamaged 57 years
- 1306Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (born 1289)aged 17 years
- 1578Sebastian of Portugal (born 1554)aged 24 years
- 1875Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1805)aged 70 years
- 1962Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (born 1926)aged 36 years
- 1997Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
- 2007Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)aged 78 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 05:56 and sets at 20:08, giving 14h 12m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 49 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 66% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 4 to Jean-Marie Vianney, Seven Sleepers and Aristarchus of Thessalonica.
No United Nations international day falls on August 4. 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: Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies (1265); Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese but both the Moroccan king Abd al-Malik and the Portuguese king Sebastian die (1578). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Urban VII was born on August 4, 1521; Henry I of France died on August 4, 1060.
143 days remain until Christmas and 150 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 4 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 59%
- of the year elapsed
- 143
- until Christmas
- 150
- until New Year
- 574
- 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