Today
Thursday January 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 1/ 365
- Week
- 12,026
- Days left
- 3640%
- Moon
- 96%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, January 1, 2026. It is day 1 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 364 remain, and 0% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 1.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 4World Braille Day
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Ilya MurometsRussian legendary hero
- Fulgentius of Ruspe6th-century Bishop of Ruspe
- Saint TelemachusRoman saint and martyr
- Zdislava of LemberkCzech saint
- Giuseppe Maria TomasiItalian Roman Catholic cardinal
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:39
- Length of day
- 9h 19m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 78 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayNew Year's Day
Next public holiday : Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. — January 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 96%
Moon age : 12.6 days
- Next full moon
- January 3, 2026
- Next new moon
- January 18, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Capricorn
until January 20, 2026 — Aquarius
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
1502
The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese under their commissioned Florentine explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. Vespucci begins his suspicion that there is a whole continent between Europe and Asia. Wikipedia
1651
Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace. Wikipedia
1801
The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed. Wikipedia
1801
Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. Wikipedia
1890
Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government as Italian Eritrea. Wikipedia
1901
The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister. Wikipedia
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1959
Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces. Wikipedia
1973
Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community. Wikipedia
1978
Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. Wikipedia
1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day January 1
- 1431Pope Alexander VI (died 1503)
- 1449Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (died 1492)
- 1863Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (died 1937)
- 1879William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (died 1952)
- 1895J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 1972)
- 1927Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 99 years
- 1942Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coastturns 84 years
- 1956Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fundturns 70 years
Died on this day January 1
- 1387Charles II, king of Navarre (born 1332)aged 55 years
- 1515Louis XII, king of France (born 1462)aged 53 years
- 1560Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (born 1522)aged 38 years
- 1966Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (born 1884)aged 82 years
- 1992Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (born 1906)aged 86 years
- 1995Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)aged 93 years
- 2015Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (born 1932)aged 83 years
- 2021Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (born 1939)aged 82 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 07:20 and sets at 16:39, giving 9h 19m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 78 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 96% illuminated. The next full moon falls on January 3, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 1 to Ilya Muromets, Fulgentius of Ruspe and Saint Telemachus.
No United Nations international day falls on January 1. The next one on the calendar is World Braille Day, on January 4.
It is a public holiday in the United States: New Year's Day.
On this day in history: The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese under their commissioned Florentine explorer, Amerigo Vespucci (1502); Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace (1651). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Alexander VI was born on January 1, 1431; Charles II died on January 1, 1387.
358 days remain until Christmas and 0 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 1 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 0%
- of the year elapsed
- 358
- until Christmas
- 0
- until New Year
- 789
- 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