Today
Sunday December 13 2026
- Day of the year
- 347/ 365
- Week
- 502,026
- Days left
- 1895%
- Moon
- 18%Waxing crescent
Today is Sunday, December 13, 2026. It is day 347 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 18 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.
- Saint Lucysaint from Italy
- Odile of AlsaceChristian abbess and saint
- JudocBreton noble and Catholic saint
- DosofteiMoldavian Metropolitan
- Aubert of CambraiBishop of Cambrai
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:12
- Sunset
- 16:29
- Length of day
- 9h 17m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:50
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 8 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 : 18%
Moon age : 4.7 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
1294
Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. Wikipedia
1545
The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. Wikipedia
1577
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. Wikipedia
1642
Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand. Wikipedia
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians. Wikipedia
1939
The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter. Wikipedia
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1972
Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. Wikipedia
1974
Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. Wikipedia
2003
Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit. Wikipedia
2007
The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 13
- 1521Pope Sixtus V (died 1590)
- 1553Henry IV of France (died 1610)
- 1797Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic (died 1856)
- 1816Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (died 1892)
- 1871Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (died 1945)
- 1908Van Heflin, American film actor (died 1971)
- 1911Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1919Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (died 1942)
Died on this day December 13
- 1124Pope Callixtus II (born 1065)aged 59 years
- 1250Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1194)aged 55 years
- 1466Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1386)aged 80 years
- 1516Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (born 1462)aged 54 years
- 1521Manuel I of Portugal (born 1469)aged 52 years
- 1784Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (born 1709)aged 75 years
- 1930Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)aged 61 years
- 1935Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)aged 64 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 07:12 and sets at 16:29, giving 9h 17m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 8 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 18% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on January 7, 2027.
The saints' calendar attaches December 13 to Saint Lucy, Odile of Alsace and Judoc.
No United Nations international day falls on December 13. 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: Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit (1294); The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation (1545). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Sixtus V was born on December 13, 1521; Pope Callixtus II died on December 13, 1124.
12 days remain until Christmas and 19 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 13 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 95%
- of the year elapsed
- 12
- until Christmas
- 19
- until New Year
- 443
- 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