Today
Tuesday February 29 2028
- Day of the year
- 60/ 366
- Week
- 92,028
- Days left
- 30616%
- Moon
- 16%Waxing crescent
Today is Tuesday, February 29, 2028. It is day 60 of 2028, a year of 366 days because it is a leap year: 306 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.
- Oswald of WorcesterArchbishop of York (died 992)
- Auguste Chapdelaine19th-century French Christian missionary, martyr, Catholic saint
- Dositheus of GazaSyrian monk
- Waldo of ÉvreuxBishop of Évreux
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:30
- Sunset
- 17:47
- Length of day
- 11h 16m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:08
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2027
Next season
Spring — 19 days, March 19, 2028 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 29, 2028
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 16%
Moon age : 4.3 days
- Next full moon
- March 11, 2028
- Next new moon
- March 26, 2028
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Pisces
until March 21, 2028 — 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
888
Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne. Wikipedia
1504
Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies. Wikipedia
1712
February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar. Wikipedia
1720
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24. Wikipedia
1940
For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. Wikipedia
1944
The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II. Wikipedia
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1960
The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured. Wikipedia
1996
Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed. Wikipedia
2004
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup. Wikipedia
2020
The United States and the Taliban sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 29
- 1468Pope Paul III (died 1549)
- 1792Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (died 1868)
- 1860Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (died 1929)
- 1896William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 1975)
- 1904Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957)
- 1908Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (died 2001)
- 1940Bartholomew I, current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.turns 88 years
- 1972Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spainturns 56 years
Died on this day February 29
- 1744John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683)aged 61 years
- 1868Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786)aged 82 years
- 1928Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (born 1862)aged 66 years
- 1944Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (born 1861)aged 83 years
- 1980Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1918)aged 62 years
- 2012Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945)aged 67 years
- 2020Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (born 1927)aged 93 years
- 2024Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd President of Tanzania and 3rd President of Zanzibar (born 1925)aged 99 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 06:30 and sets at 17:47, giving 11h 16m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2027; spring opens in 19 days, on March 19, 2028 (March equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 16% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 11, 2028 and the next new moon on March 26, 2028.
The saints' calendar attaches February 29 to Oswald of Worcester, Auguste Chapdelaine and Dositheus of Gaza.
No United Nations international day falls on February 29. 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: Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne (888); Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies (1504). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Paul III was born on February 29, 1468; John Theophilus Desaguliers died on February 29, 1744.
300 days remain until Christmas and 307 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 29 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 16%
- of the year elapsed
- 300
- until Christmas
- 307
- until New Year
- 0
- until the next 29 February
2028 — Leap year (366 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