Today
Thursday February 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 36/ 365
- Week
- 62,026
- Days left
- 32910%
- Moon
- 84%Waning gibbous
Today is Thursday, February 5, 2026. It is day 36 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 329 remain, and 10% 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 6International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
- February 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 13World Radio Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Agatha of SicilyChristian saint and martyress (235–261)
- Avitus of VienneArchbishop of Vienne
- Polyeuctus of ConstantinoplePatriarch of constantinople
- Adelaide, Abbess of VilichAbbess of Vilich and Christian saint (c.970-c.1015)
- Gonsalo GarciaFriar Minor, martyr and saint
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:02
- Sunset
- 17:18
- Length of day
- 10h 17m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 43 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 : 84%
Moon age : 17.9 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
62
An earthquake with an estimated intensity between IX or X on the Mercalli scale occurs in Pompeii, Italy. Wikipedia
756
An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China, founding the short-lived state of Yan. Wikipedia
1576
Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. Wikipedia
1597
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. Wikipedia
1783
In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. Wikipedia
1885
King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. Wikipedia
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1917
The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Wikipedia
1919
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. Wikipedia
1971
Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission. Wikipedia
2020
United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 5
- 976Sanjō, emperor of Japan (died 1017)
- 1788Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1850)
- 1840John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (died 1921)
- 1878André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (died 1935)
- 1900Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1965)
- 1915Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
- 1919Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1996)
- 1943Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.turns 83 years
Died on this day February 5
- 1807Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (born 1725)aged 82 years
- 1818Charles XIII, king of Sweden (born 1748)aged 70 years
- 1881Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (born 1795)aged 86 years
- 1937Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1861)aged 76 years
- 1962Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (born 1890)aged 72 years
- 1972Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (born 1887)aged 85 years
- 1999Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)aged 93 years
- 2020Kirk Douglas, American actor (born 1916)aged 104 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 07:02 and sets at 17:18, giving 10h 17m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 43 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 84% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 5 to Agatha of Sicily, Avitus of Vienne and Polyeuctus of Constantinople.
No United Nations international day falls on February 5. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, on February 6.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: An earthquake with an estimated intensity between IX or X on the Mercalli scale occurs in Pompeii, Italy (62); An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China, founding the short-lived state of Yan (756). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Sanjō was born on February 5, 976; Pasquale Paoli died on February 5, 1807.
323 days remain until Christmas and 330 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 5 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 10%
- of the year elapsed
- 323
- until Christmas
- 330
- until New Year
- 754
- 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