Today
Tuesday February 24 2026
- Day of the year
- 55/ 365
- Week
- 92,026
- Days left
- 31015%
- Moon
- 52%First quarter
Today is Tuesday, February 24, 2026. It is day 55 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 310 remain, and 15% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 9.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- March 3World Wildlife Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 20International Day of Happiness
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Matthias the Apostlereligious figure of the Christian faith
- Blaise of Sebasteearly 4th-century saint and bishop
- Adela of NormandyCountess of Blois from 1089 to 1102
- Robert of ArbrisselFrench abbot
- PrætextatusBishop of Rouen
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:37
- Sunset
- 17:41
- Length of day
- 11h 4m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 24 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
First quarter
Illumination : 52%
Moon age : 7.2 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
1525
A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia. Wikipedia
1527
Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague. Wikipedia
1582
With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Wikipedia
1607
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance. Wikipedia
1711
Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred. Wikipedia
1821
Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala. Wikipedia
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1920
The Nazi Party (NSDAP) is founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany. Wikipedia
1946
Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina. Wikipedia
1991
Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war. Wikipedia
2022
Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 24
- 1103Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)
- 1304Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
- 1463Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
- 1500Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
- 1831Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)
- 1934Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
- 1938Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.turns 88 years
- 1955Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
Died on this day February 24
- 616Æthelberht of Kentaged 64 years
- 1588Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (born 1515)aged 73 years
- 1704Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)aged 61 years
- 1777Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)aged 63 years
- 1799Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)aged 57 years
- 1925Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)aged 65 years
- 1975Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)aged 80 years
- 1990Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)aged 94 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 06:37 and sets at 17:41, giving 11h 4m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 24 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is at first quarter, 52% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 24 to Matthias the Apostle, Blaise of Sebaste and Adela of Normandy.
No United Nations international day falls on February 24. The next one on the calendar is World Wildlife Day, on March 3.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia (1525); Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague (1527). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Toba of Japan was born on February 24, 1103; Æthelberht of Kent died on February 24, 616.
304 days remain until Christmas and 311 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 24 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 15%
- of the year elapsed
- 304
- until Christmas
- 311
- until New Year
- 735
- 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