Today
Thursday August 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 218/ 365
- Week
- 322,026
- Days left
- 14760%
- Moon
- 44%Waning crescent
Today is Thursday, August 6, 2026. It is day 218 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 147 remain, and 60% 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.
- Sixtus IIBishop of Rome from 257 to 258
- Hormisdas6th-century Italian pope and bishop of Rome, Catholic and Orthodox saint, ended the Acacian Schism and reunited the Eastern and Western churches
- Salvator Mundititle of Jesus and subject in Christian iconography
- Justus and PastorRoman pair of Christian martyrs
- Anna Maria RubattoItalian Roman Catholic nun and saint (1844-1904)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:58
- Sunset
- 20:06
- Length of day
- 14h 8m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 47 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 crescent
Illumination : 44%
Moon age : 23.3 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
1538
Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Wikipedia
1806
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire. Wikipedia
1824
Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of Junín. Wikipedia
1890
At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning. Wikipedia
1962
Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
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1990
Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Wikipedia
1991
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet. Wikipedia
2008
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Wikipedia
2012
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 6
- 1180Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (died 1239)
- 1638Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (died 1715)
- 1644Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (died 1710)
- 1666Maria Sophia of Neuburg (died 1699)
- 1697Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1745)
- 1775Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (died 1847)
- 1809Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (died 1892)
- 1881Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Died on this day August 6
- 258Pope Sixtus IIaged 43 years
- 523Pope Hormisdas (born 450)aged 73 years
- 1414Ladislaus of Naples (born 1377)aged 37 years
- 1458Pope Callixtus III (born 1378)aged 79 years
- 1637Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (born 1572)aged 65 years
- 1660Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (born 1599)aged 61 years
- 1959Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (born 1898)aged 61 years
- 1973Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (born 1901)aged 72 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 05:58 and sets at 20:06, giving 14h 8m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 47 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 44% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 6 to Sixtus II, Hormisdas and Salvator Mundi.
No United Nations international day falls on August 6. 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: Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1538); Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire (1806). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan was born on August 6, 1180; Pope Sixtus II died on August 6, 258.
141 days remain until Christmas and 148 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 6 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 60%
- of the year elapsed
- 141
- until Christmas
- 148
- until New Year
- 572
- 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