Today
Sunday February 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 46/ 365
- Week
- 72,026
- Days left
- 31913%
- Moon
- 3%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, February 15, 2026. It is day 46 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 319 remain, and 13% 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.
- Onesimussaint and bishop
- Mary of Jesus de León y DelgadoSpanish Dominican lay sister and mystic
- 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in LibyaPersecution of Christians in the Modern Era and 21st century Christian Martyrs and Saints
- Sigfrid of SwedenEnglish bishop and saint
- Claude de la ColombièreFrench Jesuit priest and saint (1641-1682)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:50
- Sunset
- 17:31
- Length of day
- 10h 41m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 33 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 : 3%
Moon age : 27.9 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
706
Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Wikipedia
1113
Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers. Wikipedia
1798
The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier. Wikipedia
1898
The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing about 274 of the ship's roughly 354 crew. The disaster pushes the United States to declare war on Spain. Wikipedia
1933
In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. Wikipedia
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1944
World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins. Wikipedia
1982
The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers. Wikipedia
1989
Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. Wikipedia
2013
A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 15
- 1472Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (died 1503)
- 1564Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1642)
- 1705Charles-André van Loo, French painter (died 1765)
- 1710Louis XV of France (died 1774)
- 1739Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (died 1813)
- 1748Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (died 1832)
- 1909Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (died 2010)
- 1929James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2014)
Died on this day February 15
- 706Leontios, Byzantine emperoraged 46 years
- 706Tiberios III, Byzantine emperoraged 6 years
- 1145Lucius II, pope of the Catholic Churchaged 95 years
- 1152Conrad III, king of Germany (born 1093)aged 59 years
- 1621Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (born 1571)aged 50 years
- 1959Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)aged 80 years
- 1988Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)aged 70 years
- 1999Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)aged 73 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 06:50 and sets at 17:31, giving 10h 41m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 33 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 3% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 15 to Onesimus, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado and 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya.
No United Nations international day falls on February 15. 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: Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (706); Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers (1113). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Piero the Unfortunate was born on February 15, 1472; Leontios died on February 15, 706.
313 days remain until Christmas and 320 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 15 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 13%
- of the year elapsed
- 313
- until Christmas
- 320
- until New Year
- 744
- 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