Today
Friday February 27 2026
- Day of the year
- 58/ 365
- Week
- 92,026
- Days left
- 30716%
- Moon
- 83%Waxing gibbous
Today is Friday, February 27, 2026. It is day 58 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 307 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.
- George HerbertWelsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633)
- Gregory of NarekArmenian monk
- Gabriel of Our Lady of SorrowsItalian Passionist student and Catholic saint (1838–1862)
- Franciscana CirerSpanish religious, founder of the congregation, blessed (1781–1855)
- Marie de Jésus Deluil-MartinyFrench religious sister (1841–1884)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:33
- Sunset
- 17:45
- Length of day
- 11h 12m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 21 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 : 83%
Moon age : 10.2 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
380
Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. Wikipedia
1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France. Wikipedia
1812
Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. Wikipedia
1844
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. Wikipedia
1900
The British Labour Party is founded. Wikipedia
1933
Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. Wikipedia
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1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. Wikipedia
1976
The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Wikipedia
1991
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 27
- 1500João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)
- 1799Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877)
- 1807Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (died 1882)
- 1897Marian Anderson, American singer (died 1993)
- 1899Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978)
- 1902John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
- 1917John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)
- 1926David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Died on this day February 27
- 1887Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (born 1833)aged 54 years
- 1936Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849)aged 87 years
- 1985Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902)aged 83 years
- 1989Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)aged 86 years
- 1993Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893)aged 100 years
- 1998George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)aged 93 years
- 1998J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943)aged 55 years
- 2015Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)aged 56 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 06:33 and sets at 17:45, giving 11h 12m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 21 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 83% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 27 to George Herbert, Gregory of Narek and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.
No United Nations international day falls on February 27. 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: Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity (380); Henry IV is crowned King of France (1594). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
João de Castro was born on February 27, 1500; Alexander Borodin died on February 27, 1887.
301 days remain until Christmas and 308 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 27 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 16%
- of the year elapsed
- 301
- until Christmas
- 308
- until New Year
- 732
- 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