Today
Friday January 16 2026
- Day of the year
- 16/ 365
- Week
- 32,026
- Days left
- 3494%
- Moon
- 4%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, January 16, 2026. It is day 16 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 349 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.
- Marcellus Ipope
- Evagrius PonticusChristian Monk
- Joseph VazOratorian priest and missionary in Sri Lanka
- Honoratus4th and 5th-century abbot of Lérins and Archbishop of Arles
- Euphrosyne of AlexandriaEgyptian monk and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:17
- Sunset
- 16:54
- Length of day
- 9h 37m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:06
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 63 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 : 4%
Moon age : 27.6 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
-27
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1362
Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. Wikipedia
1547
Grand Prince Ivan IV is crowned as Tsar of all Russia. Wikipedia
1556
Philip II becomes King of Spain. Wikipedia
1716
King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and its legal system, being replaced by those of Castile, thus putting an end to Catalonia as separate state and becoming a province of the new French-style Kingdom of Spa Wikipedia
1809
Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. Wikipedia
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1969
Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. Wikipedia
1979
Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt. Wikipedia
1992
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. Wikipedia
2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 16
- 1409René of Anjou, king of Naples (died 1480)
- 1853André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (died 1931)
- 1900Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (died 1945)
- 1901Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (died 1973)
- 1902Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (died 1945)
- 1924Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (died 2002)
- 1931Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany (died 2006)
- 1932Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985)
Died on this day January 16
- 1710Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (born 1675)aged 35 years
- 1794Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (born 1737)aged 57 years
- 1865Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (born 1828)aged 37 years
- 1886Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (born 1834)aged 52 years
- 1942Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (born 1908)aged 34 years
- 1957Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867)aged 90 years
- 1967Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (born 1901)aged 66 years
- 2004Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (born 1930)aged 74 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 07:17 and sets at 16:54, giving 9h 37m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 63 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 4% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 16 to Marcellus I, Evagrius Ponticus and Joseph Vaz.
No United Nations international day falls on January 16. 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: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire (-27); Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea (1362). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
René of Anjou was born on January 16, 1409; Higashiyama died on January 16, 1710.
343 days remain until Christmas and 350 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 16 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 4%
- of the year elapsed
- 343
- until Christmas
- 350
- until New Year
- 774
- 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