Today
Tuesday February 17 2026
- Day of the year
- 48/ 365
- Week
- 82,026
- Days left
- 31713%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Tuesday, February 17, 2026. It is day 48 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 317 remain, and 13% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 8.
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.
- Ignatius of Antiochlate 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
- Mesrop MashtotsArmenian theologian and linguist (362–440)
- MarcianEastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor (390-457)
- Theodore of AmaseaAnatolian saint
- Flavian of Constantinople5th-century Archbishop of Constantinople
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:47
- Sunset
- 17:33
- Length of day
- 10h 46m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 31 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 0.2 days
- Next full moon
- March 3, 2026
- Next new moon
- March 19, 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
1600
On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak. Wikipedia
1801
United States presidential election: A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Wikipedia
1865
American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. Wikipedia
1905
Russian Revolution of 1905: Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia is assassinated in the Moscow Kremlin by Socialist Revolutionary Ivan Kalyayev. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. Wikipedia
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1979
The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. Wikipedia
1996
In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. Wikipedia
1996
NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros. Wikipedia
2008
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 17
- 1524Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (died 1574)
- 1653Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1713)
- 1752Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (died 1831)
- 1781René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (died 1826)
- 1820Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (died 1881)
- 1821Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (died 1861)
- 1877André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (died 1932)
- 1888Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
Died on this day February 17
- 364Jovian, Roman emperor (born 331)aged 33 years
- 1600Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1548)aged 52 years
- 1673Molière, French actor and playwright (born 1622)aged 51 years
- 1680Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (born 1637)aged 43 years
- 1732Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (born 1669)aged 63 years
- 1856Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (born 1797)aged 59 years
- 1919Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1841)aged 78 years
- 1970Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)aged 83 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 06:47 and sets at 17:33, giving 10h 46m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 31 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 17 to Ignatius of Antioch, Mesrop Mashtots and Marcian.
No United Nations international day falls on February 17. 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: On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak (1600); United States presidential election: A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives (1801). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles de Lorraine was born on February 17, 1524; Jovian died on February 17, 364.
311 days remain until Christmas and 318 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 17 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 13%
- of the year elapsed
- 311
- until Christmas
- 318
- until New Year
- 742
- 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