Today
Monday January 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 12/ 365
- Week
- 32,026
- Days left
- 3533%
- Moon
- 31%Waning crescent
Today is Monday, January 12, 2026. It is day 12 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 353 remain, and 3% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 3.
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.
- Zilda ArnsBrazilian pediatrician (1934-2010)
- Aelred of RievaulxEnglish monk, author and saint (1110–1167)
- Benedict BiscopAnglo-Saxon abbot
- Tatiana of Romesaint
- Marguerite BourgeoysFrench colonist and foundress
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 16:50
- Length of day
- 9h 31m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 67 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 : 31%
Moon age : 23.6 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
1528
Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. Wikipedia
1848
The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Wikipedia
1915
The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote. Wikipedia
1932
Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive. Wikipedia
1964
Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. Wikipedia
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1970
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. Wikipedia
2005
Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. Wikipedia
2010
An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. Wikipedia
2016
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day January 12
- 1483Henry III of Nassau-Breda (died 1538)
- 1628Charles Perrault, French author and academic (died 1703)
- 1751Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (died 1825)
- 1893Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (died 1946)
- 1893Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (died 1946)
- 1899Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
- 1916P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 2006)
- 1948Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 34th Premier of British Columbiaturns 78 years
Died on this day January 12
- 1519Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1459)aged 60 years
- 1665Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (born 1601)aged 64 years
- 1909Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (born 1864)aged 45 years
- 1976Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890)aged 86 years
- 1977Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (born 1907)aged 70 years
- 1997Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)aged 96 years
- 2001William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (born 1913)aged 88 years
- 2003Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (born 1926)aged 77 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 16:50, giving 9h 31m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 67 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 31% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 12 to Zilda Arns, Aelred of Rievaulx and Benedict Biscop.
No United Nations international day falls on January 12. 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: Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523 (1528); The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1848). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Henry III of Nassau-Breda was born on January 12, 1483; Maximilian I died on January 12, 1519.
347 days remain until Christmas and 354 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 12 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 3%
- of the year elapsed
- 347
- until Christmas
- 354
- until New Year
- 778
- 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