Today
Friday February 13 2026
- Day of the year
- 44/ 365
- Week
- 72,026
- Days left
- 32112%
- Moon
- 14%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, February 13, 2026. It is day 44 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 321 remain, and 12% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 7.
What's celebrated on this date
World Radio Day
WorldwideUNESCO — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Stefan NemanjaGrand Prince of Serbia, founder of the Nemanjić dynasty
- Saint Apollosearly Christian proselytizer from Alexandria
- Jordan of SaxonyGerman Catholic priest, Dominican friar and writer (1190–1237)
- FulcranFrench saint bishop
- Castor of Kardenpriest and hermit
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:52
- Sunset
- 17:28
- Length of day
- 10h 36m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 35 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 : 14%
Moon age : 25.9 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
962
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognising John as ruler of Rome. Wikipedia
1542
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. Wikipedia
1689
William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England. Wikipedia
1692
Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. Wikipedia
1861
Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Wikipedia
1935
A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh. Wikipedia
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1945
World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army. Wikipedia
1960
With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons. Wikipedia
1984
Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
2001
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 13
- 1457Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1482)
- 1599Pope Alexander VII (died 1667)
- 1768Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (died 1835)
- 1855Paul Deschanel, Belgian-French politician, 11th President of France (died 1922)
- 1888Georgios Papandreou, Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1968)
- 1910William Shockley, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
- 1915Aung San, Burmese general and politician, 5th Premier of British Crown Colony of Burma (died 1947)
- 1933Paul Biya, Cameroon politician, 2nd President of Cameroonturns 93 years
Died on this day February 13
- 1130Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1060)aged 30 years
- 1219Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shōgun (born 1192)aged 27 years
- 1332Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1259)aged 73 years
- 1539Isabella d'Este, Italian noblewoman (born 1474)aged 65 years
- 1542Catherine Howard, Queen Consort of England and English wife of King Henry VIII (executed; b. 1521)aged 19 years
- 1571Benvenuto Cellini, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1500)aged 71 years
- 1585Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (born 1515)aged 70 years
- 2016Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936)aged 80 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 06:52 and sets at 17:28, giving 10h 36m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 35 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 14% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 13 to Stefan Nemanja, Saint Apollos and Jordan of Saxony.
February 13 is World Radio Day, 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: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognising John as ruler of Rome (962); Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery (1542). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Mary of Burgundy was born on February 13, 1457; Honorius II died on February 13, 1130.
315 days remain until Christmas and 322 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 13 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 12%
- of the year elapsed
- 315
- until Christmas
- 322
- until New Year
- 746
- 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