Today
Friday January 23 2026
- Day of the year
- 23/ 365
- Week
- 42,026
- Days left
- 3426%
- Moon
- 24%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, January 23, 2026. It is day 23 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 342 remain, and 6% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 4.
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.
- Henry SusoGerman Dominican friar and mystic
- Ildephonsus of Toledoscholar and theologian
- John the MercifulPatriarch of Alexandria
- Marianne CopeGerman-American Franciscan Sister, missionary and saint (1838-1918)
- EmerentianaChristian martyr
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:13
- Sunset
- 17:03
- Length of day
- 9h 49m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:08
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 56 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Washington's Birthday — February 16, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 24%
Moon age : 4.9 days
- Next full moon
- February 1, 2026
- Next new moon
- February 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Aquarius
until February 19, 2026 — Pisces
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
393
Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. Wikipedia
1264
In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War. Wikipedia
1368
Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor, beginning the Ming dynasty. Wikipedia
1556
The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. Wikipedia
1570
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. Wikipedia
1579
The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. Wikipedia
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1909
RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day. Wikipedia
1937
The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army. Wikipedia
1960
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 23
- 1350Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1419)
- 1783Stendhal, French novelist (died 1842)
- 1832Édouard Manet, French painter (died 1883)
- 1840Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (died 1905)
- 1857Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (died 1936)
- 1862David Hilbert, German mathematician and academic (died 1943)
- 1929John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 97 years
- 1930Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Died on this day January 23
- 1567Jiajing Emperor of China (born 1507)aged 60 years
- 1744Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (born 1668)aged 76 years
- 1789John Cleland, English author (born 1709)aged 80 years
- 1806William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759)aged 47 years
- 1883Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (born 1832)aged 51 years
- 1893José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1817)aged 76 years
- 1922Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (born 1855)aged 67 years
- 1931Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (born 1881)aged 49 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 07:13 and sets at 17:03, giving 9h 49m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 56 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 24% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 23 to Henry Suso, Ildephonsus of Toledo and John the Merciful.
No United Nations international day falls on January 23. 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: Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor (393); In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War (1264). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Vincent Ferrer was born on January 23, 1350; Jiajing Emperor of China died on January 23, 1567.
336 days remain until Christmas and 343 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 23 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 6%
- of the year elapsed
- 336
- until Christmas
- 343
- until New Year
- 767
- 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