Today
Thursday December 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 337/ 365
- Week
- 492,026
- Days left
- 2892%
- Moon
- 25%Waning crescent
Today is Thursday, December 3, 2026. It is day 337 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 28 remain, and 92% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 49.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Francis XavierSpanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
- Zephaniahbiblical prophet associated with the Book of Zephaniah
- BirinusBritish bishop
- Patriarch Gabriel II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu GleifheimAustrian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed (1777-1860)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:03
- Sunset
- 16:29
- Length of day
- 9h 26m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:46
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 18 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 : 25%
Moon age : 24.4 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
915
Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). Wikipedia
1799
War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch. Wikipedia
1800
War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war. Wikipedia
1904
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory. Wikipedia
1912
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.) Wikipedia
1967
At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). Wikipedia
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1973
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. Wikipedia
1984
Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. Wikipedia
1989
In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end. Wikipedia
1992
The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 3
- 1368Charles VI of France (died 1422)
- 1755Gilbert Stuart, American painter (died 1828)
- 1857Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (died 1924)
- 1886Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
- 1895Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1982)
- 1900Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
- 1911Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (died 1979)
- 1933Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Died on this day December 3
- 1154Pope Anastasius IV (born 1073)
- 1533Vasili III of Russia (born 1479)aged 54 years
- 1552Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1506)aged 46 years
- 1888Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (born 1816)aged 72 years
- 1894Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (born 1850)aged 44 years
- 1912Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (born 1841)aged 71 years
- 1919Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (born 1841)aged 78 years
- 1999Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1942)aged 57 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 07:03 and sets at 16:29, giving 9h 26m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 18 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 25% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches December 3 to Francis Xavier, Zephaniah and Birinus.
December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 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: Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date) (915); War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch (1799). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles VI of France was born on December 3, 1368; Pope Anastasius IV died on December 3, 1154.
22 days remain until Christmas and 29 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 3 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 92%
- of the year elapsed
- 22
- until Christmas
- 29
- until New Year
- 453
- 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