Today
Saturday January 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 10/ 365
- Week
- 22,026
- Days left
- 3553%
- Moon
- 50%Last quarter
Today is Saturday, January 10, 2026. It is day 10 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 355 remain, and 3% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 2.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- February 2World Wetlands Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Agathopope
- Gregory XPope from 1271 to 1276
- Gregory of Nyssabishop of Nyssa
- William LaudArchbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)
- Pietro I Orseolodoge of Venice, Monk, Hermit (928-987)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 16:48
- Length of day
- 9h 28m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 69 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. — January 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Last quarter
Illumination : 50%
Moon age : 21.6 days
- Next full moon
- February 1, 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
-49
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. Wikipedia
69
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
1072
Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans. Wikipedia
1776
American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union. Wikipedia
1863
The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Wikipedia
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1920
League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany. Wikipedia
1920
The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States. Wikipedia
1927
Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. Wikipedia
1966
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day January 10
- 1480Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)
- 1769Michel Ney, French general (died 1815)
- 1834John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)
- 1903Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (died 1975)
- 1908Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)
- 1908Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981)
- 1913Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)
- 1934Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)
Died on this day January 10
- 681Agatho, pope of the Catholic Churchaged 107 years
- 1276Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (born c.1210)aged 66 years
- 1778Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (born 1707)aged 71 years
- 1862Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (born 1814)aged 48 years
- 1951Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)aged 66 years
- 1957Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)aged 68 years
- 1971Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (born 1883)aged 88 years
- 1986Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)aged 85 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 07:19 and sets at 16:48, giving 9h 28m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 69 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is at last quarter, 50% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 10 to Agatho, Gregory X and Gregory of Nyssa.
No United Nations international day falls on January 10. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Education, on January 24.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war (-49); Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor (69). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Margaret of Austria was born on January 10, 1480; Agatho died on January 10, 681.
349 days remain until Christmas and 356 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 10 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 3%
- of the year elapsed
- 349
- until Christmas
- 356
- until New Year
- 780
- 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