Today
Sunday February 8 2026
- Day of the year
- 39/ 365
- Week
- 62,026
- Days left
- 32611%
- Moon
- 58%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, February 8, 2026. It is day 39 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 326 remain, and 11% 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 11International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 13World Radio Day
- February 20World Day of Social Justice
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Zechariahbiblical prophet
- Josephine BakhitaSudanese saint and former slave
- Catherine LabouréFrench Daughter of Charity and saint (1806–1876)
- Severus of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch
- Gerolamo EmilianiItalian humanitarian and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:58
- Sunset
- 17:22
- Length of day
- 10h 24m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:10
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 40 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 : 58%
Moon age : 20.9 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
421
Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1250
Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah. Wikipedia
1587
Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Wikipedia
1601
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, unsuccessfully rebels against Queen Elizabeth I. Wikipedia
1693
The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the second-oldest institution of higher education in the Thirteen Colonies, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. Wikipedia
1807
Napoleon defeats the coalition forces of Russian General Bennigsen and Prussian General L'Estocq at the Battle of Eylau. Wikipedia
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1904
Japanese forces launch a surprise attack against Russian-controlled Port Arthur, marking the start of the Russo-Japanese war. Wikipedia
1924
The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. Wikipedia
1950
The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. Wikipedia
1974
The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day February 8
- 1291Afonso IV of Portugal, Portuguese king (died 1357)
- 1552Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (died 1630)
- 1577Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar (died 1640)
- 1700Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1782)
- 1819John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (died 1900)
- 1820William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (died 1891)
- 1828Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1905)
- 1834Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (died 1907)
Died on this day February 8
- 1265Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (born 1217)aged 48 years
- 1696Ivan V of Russia (born 1666)aged 30 years
- 1725Peter the Great, Russian emperor (born 1672)aged 53 years
- 1849France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (born 1800)aged 49 years
- 1910Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (born 1854)aged 56 years
- 1957Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)aged 66 years
- 1975Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born1886)aged 89 years
- 1998Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1912)aged 86 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 06:58 and sets at 17:22, giving 10h 24m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 40 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 58% illuminated. The next full moon falls on March 3, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches February 8 to Zechariah, Josephine Bakhita and Catherine Labouré.
No United Nations international day falls on February 8. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire (421); Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah (1250). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Afonso IV of Portugal was born on February 8, 1291; Hulagu Khan died on February 8, 1265.
320 days remain until Christmas and 327 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — February 8 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 11%
- of the year elapsed
- 320
- until Christmas
- 327
- until New Year
- 751
- 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