Today
Sunday January 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 25/ 365
- Week
- 42,026
- Days left
- 3407%
- Moon
- 45%Waxing crescent
Today is Sunday, January 25, 2026. It is day 25 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 340 remain, and 7% 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 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- February 2World Wetlands Day
- February 4World Cancer Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
- Gregory of NazianzusChristian saint and theologian (c. 329 – 390)
- Henry SusoGerman Dominican friar and mystic
- Ananias of Damascusone of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
- Eleanor of CastileQueen of Aragon and Roman Catholic Blessed
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:12
- Sunset
- 17:05
- Length of day
- 9h 53m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:08
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 54 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 : 45%
Moon age : 6.9 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
1494
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. Wikipedia
1533
Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. Wikipedia
1554
São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests. Wikipedia
1791
The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Wikipedia
1858
The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional. Wikipedia
1890
Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. Wikipedia
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1909
Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. Wikipedia
1971
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. Wikipedia
1995
The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile. Wikipedia
2011
The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day January 25
- 1477Anne of Brittany (probable; died 1514)
- 1736Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1813)
- 1759Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (died 1796)
- 1899Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1972)
- 1928Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (died 2014)
- 1933Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (died 2009)
- 1937Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, 5th President of the Central African Republic (died 2011)
- 1978Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraineturns 48 years
Died on this day January 25
- 477Gaiseric, king of the Vandals (born 389)aged 88 years
- 1494Ferdinand I of Naples (born 1423)aged 71 years
- 1640Robert Burton, English physician and scholar (born 1577)aged 63 years
- 1947Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (born 1899)aged 48 years
- 1990Ava Gardner, American actress (born 1922)aged 68 years
- 2004Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (born 1979)aged 25 years
- 2005Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (born 1906)aged 99 years
- 2017Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936)aged 81 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 07:12 and sets at 17:05, giving 9h 53m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 54 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 45% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 25 to Paul the Apostle, Gregory of Nazianzus and Henry Suso.
No United Nations international day falls on January 25. The next one on the calendar is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Alfonso II becomes King of Naples (1494); Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn (1533). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Anne of Brittany was born on January 25, 1477; Gaiseric died on January 25, 477.
334 days remain until Christmas and 341 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 25 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 7%
- of the year elapsed
- 334
- until Christmas
- 341
- until New Year
- 765
- 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