Today
Tuesday December 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 335/ 365
- Week
- 492,026
- Days left
- 3092%
- Moon
- 45%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, December 1, 2026. It is day 335 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 30 remain, and 92% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 49.
What's celebrated on this date
World AIDS Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Charles de FoucauldFrench Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
- Nahumbiblical prophet associated with the Book of Nahum
- Simon of Cyrenehuman biblical figure in Matthew 27:32, man who was forced by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus
- EligiusRoman Catholic bishop and saint
- Edmund CampionEnglish Jesuit priest, martyr and saint
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:01
- Sunset
- 16:29
- Length of day
- 9h 28m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:45
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 20 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Christmas Day — December 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 45%
Moon age : 22.4 days
- Next full moon
- December 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- December 9, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Sagittarius
until December 22, 2026 — Capricorn
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
1640
End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. Wikipedia
1822
Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil. Wikipedia
1918
Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28) and thus concluding the Great Union. Wikipedia
1934
Sergei Kirov is assassinated, paving way for the repressive Great Purge, and Vinnytsia massacre by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. Wikipedia
1952
The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery. Wikipedia
1955
American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott. Wikipedia
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1959
Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. Wikipedia
1964
Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. Wikipedia
1991
Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
2009
The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day December 1
- 1443Magdalena of France, French princess (died 1495)
- 1521Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (died 1573)
- 1844Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (died 1925)
- 1896Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (died 1974)
- 1912Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (died 1986)
- 1925Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
- 1937Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latviaturns 89 years
- 1949Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile (died 2024)
Died on this day December 1
- 660Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (born 588)aged 72 years
- 1135Henry I, king of England (born 1068)aged 67 years
- 1433Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (born 1377)aged 56 years
- 1455Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (born 1378)aged 77 years
- 1521Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1475)aged 46 years
- 1530Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (born 1480)aged 50 years
- 1973David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (born 1886)aged 87 years
- 1991George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)aged 80 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 07:01 and sets at 16:29, giving 9h 28m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 20 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 45% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches December 1 to Charles de Foucauld, Nahum and Simon of Cyrene.
December 1 is World AIDS Day, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty (1640); Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil (1822). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Magdalena of France was born on December 1, 1443; Eligius died on December 1, 660.
24 days remain until Christmas and 31 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 1 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 92%
- of the year elapsed
- 24
- until Christmas
- 31
- until New Year
- 455
- 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