Today
Tuesday December 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 356/ 365
- Week
- 522,026
- Days left
- 998%
- Moon
- 97%Waxing gibbous
Today is Tuesday, December 22, 2026. It is day 356 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 9 remain, and 98% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 52.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 4World Braille Day
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Anastasia of SirmiumChristian saint and martyr
- Saint Chrysogonusmartyr and saint, bishop of Aquileia before 302/304
- Jutta von SponheimGerman noble and nun
- Honoratussecond bishop of Toulouse
- Flavianus of Montefiascone4th-century saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:17
- Sunset
- 16:32
- Length of day
- 9h 15m
- Solar noon
- 11:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2026
Next season
Spring — 88 days, March 20, 2027 (March equinox)
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 gibbous
Illumination : 97%
Moon age : 13.7 days
- Next full moon
- December 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- January 7, 2027
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Capricorn
until January 20, 2027 — Aquarius
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
1216
Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam. Wikipedia
1807
The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson. Wikipedia
1885
Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan. Wikipedia
1894
The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason. Wikipedia
1974
Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration. Wikipedia
1989
Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers. Wikipedia
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1989
German reunification: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany. Wikipedia
1997
Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces. Wikipedia
2001
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai. Wikipedia
2018
A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 22
- 1639Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (died 1699)
- 1723Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (died 1787)
- 1858Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (died 1924)
- 1876Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (died 1944)
- 1883Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (died 1965)
- 1887Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (died 1920)
- 1903Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
- 1912Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (died 2007)
Died on this day December 22
- 1419Antipope John XXIIIaged 49 years
- 1988Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (born 1944)aged 44 years
- 1989Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)aged 83 years
- 1995James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)aged 88 years
- 2002Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (born 1952)aged 50 years
- 2002Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (born 1929)aged 73 years
- 2006Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (born 1919)aged 87 years
- 2014Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (born 1944)aged 70 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 07:17 and sets at 16:32, giving 9h 15m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2026; spring opens in 88 days, on March 20, 2027 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 97% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on January 7, 2027.
The saints' calendar attaches December 22 to Anastasia of Sirmium, Saint Chrysogonus and Jutta von Sponheim.
No United Nations international day falls on December 22. The next one on the calendar is World Braille Day, on January 4.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam (1216); The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S (1807). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Jean Racine was born on December 22, 1639; Antipope John XXIII died on December 22, 1419.
3 days remain until Christmas and 10 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 22 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 98%
- of the year elapsed
- 3
- until Christmas
- 10
- until New Year
- 434
- 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