Today
Tuesday February 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 34/ 365
- Week
- 62,026
- Days left
- 3319%
- Moon
- 96%Waning gibbous
Today is Tuesday, February 3, 2026. It is day 34 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 331 remain, and 9% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 6.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- February 4World Cancer Day
- February 6International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
- February 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Blaise of Sebasteearly 4th-century saint and bishop
- Ansgarmissionary to Denmark and later Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
- Annahuman biblical figure in Luke 2:36-38
- Nicholas of JapanRussian Orthodox priest
- Laurence of Canterburysecond Archbishop of Canterbury
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:04
- Sunset
- 17:16
- Length of day
- 10h 12m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 45 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Washington's Birthday — February 16, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 96%
Moon age : 15.9 days
- Next full moon
- March 3, 2026
- Next new moon
- February 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Aquarius
until February 19, 2026 — Pisces
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
1451
Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
1509
The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. Wikipedia
1807
A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay. Wikipedia
1830
The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Wikipedia
1927
A revolt against the military dictatorship of Portugal breaks out at Porto. Wikipedia
1930
The Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong. Wikipedia
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1944
World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison. Wikipedia
1958
Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community. Wikipedia
1959
Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash along with the pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa, an event later known as The Day the Music Died. Wikipedia
1966
The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 3
- 1689Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (died 1741)
- 1721Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (died 1773)
- 1790Gideon Mantell, English scientist (died 1852)
- 1830Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1903)
- 1859Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (died 1935)
- 1892Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (died 1956)
- 1898Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (died 1976)
- 1948Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureateturns 78 years
Died on this day February 3
- 1399John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (born 1340)aged 59 years
- 1468Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the printing press (born 1398)aged 68 years
- 1862Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1774)aged 88 years
- 1924Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)aged 68 years
- 1929Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (born 1878)aged 51 years
- 1935Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (born 1859)aged 76 years
- 1959The Day the Music Diedaged 29 years
- 2005Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1963)aged 42 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 07:04 and sets at 17:16, giving 10h 12m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 45 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 96% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 3 to Blaise of Sebaste, Ansgar and Anna.
No United Nations international day falls on February 3. The next one on the calendar is World Cancer Day, on February 4.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire (1451); The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India (1509). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Blas de Lezo was born on February 3, 1689; John of Gaunt died on February 3, 1399.
325 days remain until Christmas and 332 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 3 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 9%
- of the year elapsed
- 325
- until Christmas
- 332
- until New Year
- 756
- 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