Today
Friday August 7 2026
- Day of the year
- 219/ 365
- Week
- 322,026
- Days left
- 14660%
- Moon
- 32%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, August 7, 2026. It is day 219 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 146 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.
- Saint Dominicfounder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
- Irene of Athensempress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)
- Saint Cajetan(1480–1547) Founder of the Theatines
- Saint Afrachristian martyr
- VictriciusGallo-Roman saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:59
- Sunset
- 20:05
- Length of day
- 14h 6m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 46 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 : 32%
Moon age : 24.3 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
626
The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. Wikipedia
1794
U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania. Wikipedia
1819
Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. Wikipedia
1947
Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. Wikipedia
1960
Ivory Coast becomes independent from France. Wikipedia
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1964
Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces. Wikipedia
1976
Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars. Wikipedia
1998
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people. Wikipedia
2008
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 7
- 317Constantius II, Roman emperor (died 361)
- 1533Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (died 1595)
- 1560Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (died 1614)
- 1876Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (died 1917)
- 1928James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)
- 1932Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (died 1973)
- 1942Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producerturns 84 years
- 1942B. J. Thomas, American singer (died 2021)
Died on this day August 7
- 461Majorian, Roman emperor (born 420)aged 41 years
- 1106Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1050)aged 56 years
- 1547Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (born 1480)aged 67 years
- 1616Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (born 1548)aged 68 years
- 1848Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)aged 69 years
- 1855Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (born 1802)aged 53 years
- 1941Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)aged 80 years
- 1957Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (born 1892)aged 65 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 05:59 and sets at 20:05, giving 14h 6m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 46 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 32% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 7 to Saint Dominic, Irene of Athens and Saint Cajetan.
No United Nations international day falls on August 7. 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: The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople (626); U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania (1794). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Constantius II was born on August 7, 317; Majorian died on August 7, 461.
140 days remain until Christmas and 147 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 7 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 60%
- of the year elapsed
- 140
- until Christmas
- 147
- until New Year
- 571
- 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