Today
Thursday January 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 15/ 365
- Week
- 32,026
- Days left
- 3504%
- Moon
- 9%Waning crescent
Today is Thursday, January 15, 2026. It is day 15 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 350 remain, and 4% 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.
- RachelBiblical matriarch
- Habakkukbiblical prophet associated to the Book of Habakkuk
- Seraphim of SarovRussian Saint and Wonderworker
- Paul of ThebesChristian hermit
- Macarius of EgyptEgyptian Christian monk and hermit
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:18
- Sunset
- 16:53
- Length of day
- 9h 35m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:06
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 64 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 : 9%
Moon age : 26.6 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
69
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. Wikipedia
1559
Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London. Wikipedia
1582
Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Wikipedia
1759
The British Museum opens to the public. Wikipedia
1919
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising. Wikipedia
1943
The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia. Wikipedia
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1967
The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. Wikipedia
1970
Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria. Wikipedia
1991
The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. Wikipedia
2009
US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 15
- 1791Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1872)
- 1809Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (died 1865)
- 1850Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889)
- 1850Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1891)
- 1912Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1996)
- 1918Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970)
- 1919Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012)
- 1929Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
Died on this day January 15
- 1775Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (born 1700)aged 75 years
- 1919Karl Liebknecht, German politician (born 1871)aged 48 years
- 1919Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (born 1871)aged 48 years
- 1988Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)aged 84 years
- 1993Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (born 1913)aged 80 years
- 1994Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)aged 53 years
- 1996Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (born 1938)aged 58 years
- 1998Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1898)aged 100 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 07:18 and sets at 16:53, giving 9h 35m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 64 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 9% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 15 to Rachel, Habakkuk and Seraphim of Sarov.
No United Nations international day falls on January 15. 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: Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months (69); Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London (1559). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Franz Grillparzer was born on January 15, 1791; Giovanni Battista Sammartini died on January 15, 1775.
344 days remain until Christmas and 351 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 15 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 4%
- of the year elapsed
- 344
- until Christmas
- 351
- until New Year
- 775
- 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