Today
Thursday February 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 57/ 365
- Week
- 92,026
- Days left
- 30816%
- Moon
- 74%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, February 26, 2026. It is day 57 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 308 remain, and 16% 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.
- Pope Alexandros of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria
- Porphyry of Gazabishop of Gaza and Byzantine saint
- Rafael Merry del ValSpanish cardinal and diplomat. (1865–1930)
- Ciriaco María Sancha y HervásSpanish author (1833-1909)
- Paula Montal FornésSpanish nun (1799–1889)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:34
- Sunset
- 17:44
- Length of day
- 11h 10m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 22 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 : 74%
Moon age : 9.2 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
-747
According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. Wikipedia
364
Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
1266
Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples. Wikipedia
1794
The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down. Wikipedia
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba. Wikipedia
1914
HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Wikipedia
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1935
Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. Wikipedia
1935
Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1936
In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later. Wikipedia
1993
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 26
- 1361Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (died 1419)
- 1786François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (died 1853)
- 1829Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (died 1902)
- 1852John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (died 1943)
- 1903Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
- 1928Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2014)
- 1946Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1950Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealandturns 76 years
Died on this day February 26
- 1154Roger II of Sicily (born 1095)aged 59 years
- 1577Eric XIV of Sweden (born 1533)aged 44 years
- 1931Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1847)aged 84 years
- 1969Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1895)aged 74 years
- 1985Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)aged 75 years
- 1998Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)aged 96 years
- 2004Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (born 1956)aged 48 years
- 2005Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (born 1943)aged 62 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 06:34 and sets at 17:44, giving 11h 10m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 22 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 74% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 26 to Pope Alexandros of Alexandria, Porphyry of Gaza and Rafael Merry del Val.
No United Nations international day falls on February 26. 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: According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date (-747); Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor (364). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia was born on February 26, 1361; Roger II of Sicily died on February 26, 1154.
302 days remain until Christmas and 309 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 26 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 16%
- of the year elapsed
- 302
- until Christmas
- 309
- until New Year
- 733
- 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