Today
Sunday December 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 340/ 365
- Week
- 492,026
- Days left
- 2593%
- Moon
- 5%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, December 6, 2026. It is day 340 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 25 remain, and 93% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 49.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- December 9International Anti-Corruption Day
- December 10Human Rights Day
- December 11International Mountain Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint Nicholas4th-century Christian bishop and saint
- Peter PascualSpanish Roman Catholic bishop and martyr
- Grigol PeradzeGeorgian theologian (1899–1942)
- Maximus, Metropolitan of all RusRussian bishop
- TrudoBelgian saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:06
- Sunset
- 16:28
- Length of day
- 9h 23m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:47
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 15 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 : 5%
Moon age : 27.4 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
1240
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. Wikipedia
1534
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. Wikipedia
1904
Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. Wikipedia
1917
Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. Wikipedia
1921
The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. Wikipedia
1922
Ireland is partitioned, with Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State coming into existence, one year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Wikipedia
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1956
A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Wikipedia
1977
South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. Wikipedia
1989
The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. Wikipedia
1998
In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day December 6
- 1421Henry VI of England (died 1471)
- 1608George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670)
- 1778Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (died 1850)
- 1933Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (died 2010)
- 1953Tom Hulce, American actorturns 73 years
- 1956Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producerturns 70 years
- 1956Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982)
- 1958Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriterturns 68 years
Died on this day December 6
- 1185Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)aged 76 years
- 1352Pope Clement VI (born 1291)aged 61 years
- 1889Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)aged 81 years
- 1892Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816)aged 76 years
- 1976João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (born 1918)aged 58 years
- 1988Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)aged 52 years
- 1991Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)aged 78 years
- 1993Don Ameche, American actor (born 1908)aged 85 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 07:06 and sets at 16:28, giving 9h 23m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 15 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 5% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches December 6 to Saint Nicholas, Peter Pascual and Grigol Peradze.
No United Nations international day falls on December 6. The next one on the calendar is International Anti-Corruption Day, on December 9.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan (1240); The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar (1534). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Henry VI of England was born on December 6, 1421; Afonso I of Portugal died on December 6, 1185.
19 days remain until Christmas and 26 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — December 6 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 93%
- of the year elapsed
- 19
- until Christmas
- 26
- until New Year
- 450
- 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