Today
Saturday February 14 2026
- Day of the year
- 45/ 365
- Week
- 72,026
- Days left
- 32012%
- Moon
- 8%Waning crescent
Today is Saturday, February 14, 2026. It is day 45 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 320 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 20World Day of Social Justice
- February 21International Mother Language Day
- March 3World Wildlife Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint Valentine3rd-century Roman Christian saint (175–273)
- Saints Cyril and Methodius9th-century Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries
- Saint Cyril the PhilosopherChristian missionary to the Slavs (9th c.)
- Juan Bautista RicoSpanish Roman Catholic priest from the Trinitarian Order
- Abraham of CyrrhusHermit and bishop
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:51
- Sunset
- 17:29
- Length of day
- 10h 39m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 34 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 : 8%
Moon age : 26.9 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
842
Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. Wikipedia
1014
Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
1349
Strasbourg massacre: Several thousand Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg after being accused of causing the Black Death. Wikipedia
1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar. Wikipedia
1876
Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. Wikipedia
1929
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago. Wikipedia
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1989
Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Wikipedia
2005
YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. Wikipedia
2005
In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city. Wikipedia
2018
A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 14
- 1483Babur, Mughal emperor (died 1530)
- 1602Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676)
- 1819Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (died 1890)
- 1828Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (died 1885)
- 1894Jack Benny, American actor and producer (died 1974)
- 1895Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973)
- 1898Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974)
- 1942Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York Cityturns 84 years
Died on this day February 14
- 1318Margaret of France, queen of Englandaged 36 years
- 1400Richard II, king of England (born 1367)aged 33 years
- 1714Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (born 1688)aged 26 years
- 1779James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728)aged 51 years
- 1780William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (born 1723)aged 57 years
- 1975Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1887)aged 88 years
- 2005Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944; assassinated)aged 61 years
- 2018Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)aged 79 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 06:51 and sets at 17:29, giving 10h 39m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 34 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 8% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 14 to Saint Valentine, Saints Cyril and Methodius and Saint Cyril the Philosopher.
No United Nations international day falls on February 14. The next one on the calendar is World Day of Social Justice, on February 20.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages (842); Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor (1014). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Babur was born on February 14, 1483; Margaret of France died on February 14, 1318.
314 days remain until Christmas and 321 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 14 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 12%
- of the year elapsed
- 314
- until Christmas
- 321
- until New Year
- 745
- 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