Today
Saturday December 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 346/ 365
- Week
- 502,026
- Days left
- 1995%
- Moon
- 12%Waxing crescent
Today is Saturday, December 12, 2026. It is day 346 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 19 remain, and 95% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 50.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- December 18International Migrants Day
- December 20International Human Solidarity Day
- January 4World Braille Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Our Lady of Guadalupetitle of the Virgin Mary as she appeared to an Indigenous man in Mexico in December 1531
- Jane Frances de ChantalFrench nun and saint (1572-1641)
- Saint SpyridonCypriot saint (270–348)
- Finnian of ClonardIrish saint
- Corentin of QuimperFrench bishop and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:11
- Sunset
- 16:29
- Length of day
- 9h 18m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:50
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 9 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 12%
Moon age : 3.7 days
- Next full moon
- December 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- January 7, 2027
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
627
Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. Wikipedia
1901
Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [•••] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. Wikipedia
1915
Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor. Wikipedia
1936
The beginning of Xi'an incident. As a result, Chiang Kai Shek is captured. Wikipedia
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China. Wikipedia
1956
United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted. Wikipedia
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1963
Kenya declares independence from Great Britain. Wikipedia
1969
The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexpl Wikipedia
2015
The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted. Wikipedia
2021
Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 12
- 1526Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (died 1588)
- 1821Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (died 1880)
- 1863Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (died 1944)
- 1866Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1893Edward G. Robinson, American actor (died 1973)
- 1924Ed Koch, American politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (died 2013)
- 1934Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (died 2012)
- 1949Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascarturns 77 years
Died on this day December 12
- 1766Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (born 1700)aged 66 years
- 1894John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1845)aged 49 years
- 1913Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (born 1844)aged 69 years
- 1999Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(born 1923)aged 76 years
- 2003Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (born 1923)aged 80 years
- 2007Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1931)aged 76 years
- 2019Danny Aiello, American actor (born 1933)aged 86 years
- 2020John le Carré, English author (born 1931)aged 89 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 07:11 and sets at 16:29, giving 9h 18m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 9 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 12% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on January 7, 2027.
The saints' calendar attaches December 12 to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Jane Frances de Chantal and Saint Spyridon.
No United Nations international day falls on December 12. The next one on the calendar is International Migrants Day, on December 18.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh (627); Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [•••] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland (1901). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Álvaro de Bazán was born on December 12, 1526; Johann Christoph Gottsched died on December 12, 1766.
13 days remain until Christmas and 20 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 12 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 95%
- of the year elapsed
- 13
- until Christmas
- 20
- until New Year
- 444
- 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