Today
Tuesday February 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 41/ 365
- Week
- 72,026
- Days left
- 32411%
- Moon
- 39%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, February 10, 2026. It is day 41 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 324 remain, and 11% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 7.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- February 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 13World Radio Day
- February 20World Day of Social Justice
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
- Aloysius StepinacCroatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb (1898-1960) and blessed
- ScholasticaItalian saint
- Ingegerd Olofsdotter of SwedenSwedish princess and Grand Princess of Kiev
- Jose Sanchez del Rioniño martil (1913–1928)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:56
- Sunset
- 17:25
- Length of day
- 10h 29m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 38 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Washington's Birthday — February 16, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 39%
Moon age : 22.9 days
- Next full moon
- March 3, 2026
- Next new moon
- February 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Aquarius
until February 19, 2026 — Pisces
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
1258
The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. Wikipedia
1306
In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Wikipedia
1355
The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. Wikipedia
1567
Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. Wikipedia
1763
French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. Wikipedia
1814
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians. Wikipedia
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1840
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Wikipedia
1846
First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. Wikipedia
1996
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. Wikipedia
2009
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 10
- 1766Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician (died 1815)
- 1785Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (died 1836)
- 1795Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (died 1858)
- 1859Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (died 1943)
- 1894Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1986)
- 1897Judith Anderson, Australian actress (died 1992)
- 1910Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
- 1939Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canadaturns 87 years
Died on this day February 10
- 1163Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born 1130)aged 33 years
- 1242Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)aged 11 years
- 1755Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (born 1689)aged 66 years
- 1837Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (born 1799)aged 38 years
- 1865Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1804)aged 61 years
- 1879Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (born 1808)aged 71 years
- 1918Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833)aged 85 years
- 1923Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)aged 78 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 06:56 and sets at 17:25, giving 10h 29m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 38 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 39% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 10 to Paul the Apostle, Aloysius Stepinac and Scholastica.
No United Nations international day falls on February 10. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire (1258); In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence (1306). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Benjamin Smith Barton was born on February 10, 1766; Baldwin III of Jerusalem died on February 10, 1163.
318 days remain until Christmas and 325 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 10 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 11%
- of the year elapsed
- 318
- until Christmas
- 325
- until New Year
- 749
- 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