Today
Thursday February 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 43/ 365
- Week
- 72,026
- Days left
- 32212%
- Moon
- 22%Waning crescent
Today is Thursday, February 12, 2026. It is day 43 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 322 remain, and 12% 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 13World Radio Day
- February 20World Day of Social Justice
- February 21International Mother Language Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Benedict of AnianeBenedictine monk and reformer
- Meletius of AntiochChristian bishop of Antioch from 360 to 381
- Eulalia of Barcelonaearly 4th-century Spanish saint
- Julian the HospitallerRoman Catholic saint
- Antony II of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 893 to 901
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:53
- Sunset
- 17:27
- Length of day
- 10h 34m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 36 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 : 22%
Moon age : 24.9 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
1541
Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. Wikipedia
1771
Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden. Wikipedia
1817
An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco. Wikipedia
1832
Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands. Wikipedia
1912
The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. Wikipedia
1961
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. Wikipedia
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1974
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
1999
United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. Wikipedia
2001
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. Wikipedia
2016
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 12
- 1567Thomas Campion, English composer, poet, and physician (died 1620)
- 1637Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist and zoologist (died 1680)
- 1665Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (died 1721)
- 1788Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (died 1869)
- 1809Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and statesman, 16th President of the United States (died 1865)
- 1885Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer (died 1946)
- 1918Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1942Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israelturns 84 years
Died on this day February 12
- 1538Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, engraver, and architect (born 1480)aged 58 years
- 1554Lady Jane Grey, de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (born 1537; executed)aged 17 years
- 1590François Hotman, French lawyer and author (born 1524)aged 66 years
- 1763Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (born 1688)aged 75 years
- 1771Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (born 1710)aged 61 years
- 1804Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1724)aged 80 years
- 1894Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1830)aged 64 years
- 2000Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (born 1922)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 06:53 and sets at 17:27, giving 10h 34m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 36 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 22% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 12 to Benedict of Aniane, Meletius of Antioch and Eulalia of Barcelona.
No United Nations international day falls on February 12. The next one on the calendar is World Radio Day, on February 13.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia (1541); Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden (1771). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Thomas Campion was born on February 12, 1567; Albrecht Altdorfer died on February 12, 1538.
316 days remain until Christmas and 323 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 12 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 12%
- of the year elapsed
- 316
- until Christmas
- 323
- until New Year
- 747
- 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