Today
Monday December 14 2026
- Day of the year
- 348/ 365
- Week
- 512,026
- Days left
- 1795%
- Moon
- 26%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, December 14, 2026. It is day 348 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 17 remain, and 95% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 51.
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.
- John of the CrossSpanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)
- Venantius FortunatusItalian saint-bishop, poet and hymnwriter (c. 530-c. 600/609)
- Nimattullah KassabLebanese Maronite monk and saint (1808–1858)
- Nicasius of RheimsBishop of Rheims
- Thyrsus of ApolloniaChristian martyr and saint
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
- 11:51
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 7 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 : 26%
Moon age : 5.7 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
1287
St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. Wikipedia
1900
Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. Wikipedia
1911
Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. Wikipedia
1939
Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. Wikipedia
1955
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109. Wikipedia
1962
NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. Wikipedia
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1972
Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. Wikipedia
1981
Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the Golan Heights. Wikipedia
1995
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the same day, NATO began ground peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wikipedia
2012
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 14
- 1546Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (died 1601)
- 1883Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (died 1969)
- 1895George VI of the United Kingdom (died 1952)
- 1946Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer (died 2023)
- 1947Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazilturns 79 years
- 1949Cliff Williams, Australian bass playerturns 77 years
- 1969Natascha McElhone, English-Irish actressturns 55 years
- 1978Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis playerturns 48 years
Died on this day December 14
- 1542James V, King of Scotland (born 1512)aged 30 years
- 1591John of the Cross, Spanish priest and saint (born 1542)aged 49 years
- 1799George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (born 1732)aged 67 years
- 1861Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (born 1819)aged 42 years
- 1873Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (born 1807)aged 66 years
- 1963Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (born 1924)aged 39 years
- 1989Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)aged 68 years
- 2013Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (born 1932)aged 81 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 7 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 26% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on January 7, 2027.
The saints' calendar attaches December 14 to John of the Cross, Venantius Fortunatus and Nimattullah Kassab.
No United Nations international day falls on December 14. 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: St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people (1287); Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin (1900). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Tycho Brahe was born on December 14, 1546; James V died on December 14, 1542.
11 days remain until Christmas and 18 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 14 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 95%
- of the year elapsed
- 11
- until Christmas
- 18
- until New Year
- 442
- 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