Today
Wednesday February 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 56/ 365
- Week
- 92,026
- Days left
- 30915%
- Moon
- 64%Waxing gibbous
Today is Wednesday, February 25, 2026. It is day 56 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 309 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.
- Felix IIIpope (483-492)
- ÆthelberhtKing of Kent from 589
- Saint WalpurgaWest Saxon saint
- Constantinadaughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great
- Caesarius of Nazianzusphysician and saint
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:36
- Sunset
- 17:43
- Length of day
- 11h 7m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 23 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 gibbous
Illumination : 64%
Moon age : 8.2 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
138
Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. Wikipedia
1836
Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm. Wikipedia
1870
Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. Wikipedia
1912
Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Wikipedia
1932
Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election. Wikipedia
1948
In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic. Wikipedia
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1951
The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón. Wikipedia
1980
The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse. Wikipedia
1986
People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president. Wikipedia
1994
American-Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein commits a mass shooting at the Cave of the Patriarchs mausoleum, leaving 29 dead and over 100 injured before he is disarmed and beaten to death by survivors. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 25
- 1591Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (died 1635)
- 1707Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (died 1793)
- 1778José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1850)
- 1841Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (died 1919)
- 1885Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 1969)
- 1888John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (died 1959)
- 1950Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician; 51st President of Argentina (died 2010)
- 1953José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004turns 73 years
Died on this day February 25
- 1547Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (born 1490)aged 55 years
- 1601Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1566)aged 36 years
- 1634Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (born 1583)aged 51 years
- 1682Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (born 1639)aged 39 years
- 1713Frederick I of Prussia (born 1657)aged 56 years
- 1850Daoguang Emperor of China (born 1782)aged 68 years
- 1950George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)aged 65 years
- 2005Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (born 1921)aged 84 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 06:36 and sets at 17:43, giving 11h 7m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 23 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 64% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 25 to Felix III, Æthelberht and Saint Walpurga.
No United Nations international day falls on February 25. 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: Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor (138); Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm (1836). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Friedrich Spee was born on February 25, 1591; Vittoria Colonna died on February 25, 1547.
303 days remain until Christmas and 310 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 25 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 15%
- of the year elapsed
- 303
- until Christmas
- 310
- until New Year
- 734
- 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