Today
Friday February 20 2026
- Day of the year
- 51/ 365
- Week
- 82,026
- Days left
- 31414%
- Moon
- 12%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, February 20, 2026. It is day 51 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 314 remain, and 14% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 8.
What's celebrated on this date
World Day of Social Justice
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Agathopope
- Jacinta MartoPortuguese visionary and Roman Catholic saint
- Leo of CataniaItalian saint
- Jacinta and Francisco MartoPortuguese visionaries and Roman Catholic saints
- Eucherius of OrléansBishop of Orleans
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:43
- Sunset
- 17:37
- Length of day
- 10h 54m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 28 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 12%
Moon age : 3.2 days
- Next full moon
- March 3, 2026
- Next new moon
- March 19, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Pisces
until March 21, 2026 — Aries
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
1472
Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. Wikipedia
1547
Edward VI is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Wikipedia
1816
Gioachino Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. Wikipedia
1835
The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile. Wikipedia
1872
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City. Wikipedia
1909
Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Wikipedia
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1962
Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes. Wikipedia
1991
In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. Wikipedia
2003
During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. Wikipedia
2005
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 20
- 1751Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (died 1826)
- 1844Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (died 1906)
- 1844Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer (died 1909)
- 1888Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (died 1948)
- 1912Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (died 1994)
- 1925Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 1926Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (died 2013)
- 1951Gordon Brown, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdomturns 75 years
Died on this day February 20
- 1194Tancred, King of Sicily (born 1138)aged 56 years
- 1431Pope Martin V (born 1368)aged 62 years
- 1907Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)aged 55 years
- 1916Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1844)aged 72 years
- 1972Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)aged 66 years
- 1976René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)aged 89 years
- 1993Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (born 1916)aged 77 years
- 2010Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (born 1924)aged 86 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 06:43 and sets at 17:37, giving 10h 54m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 28 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 12% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 20 to Agatho, Jacinta Marto and Leo of Catania.
February 20 is World Day of Social Justice, 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: Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark (1472); Edward VI is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey (1547). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johann Heinrich Voss was born on February 20, 1751; Tancred died on February 20, 1194.
308 days remain until Christmas and 315 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 20 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 14%
- of the year elapsed
- 308
- until Christmas
- 315
- until New Year
- 739
- 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