Today
Sunday January 11 2026
- Day of the year
- 11/ 365
- Week
- 22,026
- Days left
- 3543%
- Moon
- 40%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, January 11, 2026. It is day 11 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 354 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.
- HyginusPope and Bishop of Rome from c.138 to c.142
- David I of ScotlandKing of Alba from 1124 to 1153
- Paulinus II of AquileiaPatriarch of Aquileia and saint
- Theodosius the CenobiarchByzantine saint
- Thomas of CoriItalian Friar Minor and preacher
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 16:49
- Length of day
- 9h 30m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 68 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
Waning crescent
Illumination : 40%
Moon age : 22.6 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
532
Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. Wikipedia
1055
Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia
1158
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia. Wikipedia
1787
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States. Wikipedia
1879
The Anglo-Zulu War begins. Wikipedia
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1923
Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments. Wikipedia
1935
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan) Wikipedia
1946
Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 11
- 347Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)
- 1359Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (died 1393)
- 1503Parmigianino, Italian artist (died 1540)
- 1638Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (died 1686)
- 1842William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
- 1906Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
- 1907Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (died 1982)
- 1934Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canadaturns 92 years
Died on this day January 11
- 705Pope John VI (born 655)aged 50 years
- 1495Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (born 1428)aged 67 years
- 1801Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (born 1749)aged 52 years
- 1882Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (born 1810)aged 72 years
- 1891Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (born 1809)aged 82 years
- 1944Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)aged 41 years
- 1988Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)aged 90 years
- 2014Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)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 07:19 and sets at 16:49, giving 9h 30m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 68 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 40% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 11 to Hyginus, David I of Scotland and Paulinus II of Aquileia.
No United Nations international day falls on January 11. 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: Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence (532); Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire (1055). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Theodosius I was born on January 11, 347; Pope John VI died on January 11, 705.
348 days remain until Christmas and 355 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 11 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 3%
- of the year elapsed
- 348
- until Christmas
- 355
- until New Year
- 779
- 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