Today
Friday February 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 37/ 365
- Week
- 62,026
- Days left
- 32810%
- Moon
- 76%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, February 6, 2026. It is day 37 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 328 remain, and 10% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 6.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Photios I of Constantinople9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Paul MikiRoman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian and martyr
- Twenty-six Martyrs of JapanJapanese missonaries and converts to the Catholic church, venerated as Saints
- Dorothea of CaesareaCatholic saint
- Xenia of Saint PetersburgRussian saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:01
- Sunset
- 17:20
- Length of day
- 10h 19m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 42 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 : 76%
Moon age : 18.9 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
337
Election of pope Julius I. Wikipedia
1685
James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II. Wikipedia
1840
Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. Wikipedia
1862
American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry. Wikipedia
1899
Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. Wikipedia
1952
Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. Wikipedia
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1958
Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster. Wikipedia
1996
Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757. Wikipedia
2018
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia
2023
Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day February 6
- 885Emperor Daigo of Japan (died 930)
- 1665Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1714)
- 1778Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (died 1827)
- 1879Othon Friesz, French painter (died 1949)
- 1895Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (died 1948)
- 1899Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (died 1968)
- 1908Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1999)
- 1911Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (died 2004)
Died on this day February 6
- 1378Joanna of Bourbon (born 1338)aged 40 years
- 1685Charles II of England (born 1630)aged 55 years
- 1740Pope Clement XII (born 1652)aged 88 years
- 1793Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (born 1707)aged 86 years
- 1929Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain, Queen Regent of Spain (born 1858)aged 71 years
- 1964Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869)aged 95 years
- 2002Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914)aged 88 years
- 2021George Shultz, American politician, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor (born 1920)aged 101 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 07:01 and sets at 17:20, giving 10h 19m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 42 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 76% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 6 to Photios I of Constantinople, Paul Miki and Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan.
February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Election of pope Julius I (337); James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II (1685). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Daigo of Japan was born on February 6, 885; Joanna of Bourbon died on February 6, 1378.
322 days remain until Christmas and 329 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 6 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 10%
- of the year elapsed
- 322
- until Christmas
- 329
- until New Year
- 753
- 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