Today
Tuesday January 27 2026
- Day of the year
- 27/ 365
- Week
- 52,026
- Days left
- 3387%
- Moon
- 67%Waxing gibbous
Today is Tuesday, January 27, 2026. It is day 27 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 338 remain, and 7% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 5.
What's celebrated on this date
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- John ChrysostomChurch father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
- Vitalian7th-century pope
- Saint Savafirst archbishop of Serbs
- Saint NinoEarly Christian saint (296–335)
- Angela MericiFoundress of the Ursulines
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:10
- Sunset
- 17:07
- Length of day
- 9h 57m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 52 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 gibbous
Illumination : 67%
Moon age : 8.9 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
1186
Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily. Wikipedia
1880
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Wikipedia
1951
Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. Wikipedia
1967
Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Wikipedia
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1967
Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. Wikipedia
1973
The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. Wikipedia
1996
In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane. Wikipedia
2013
Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 27
- 1687Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (died 1753)
- 1756Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1791)
- 1775Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (died 1854)
- 1814Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (died 1879)
- 1893Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (died 1981)
- 1900Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral, leader in the development of nuclear propulsion in the US Navy (died 1986)
- 1934Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Franceturns 92 years
- 1936Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 90 years
Died on this day January 27
- 1490Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (born 1435)aged 54 years
- 1540Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (born 1474)aged 66 years
- 1731Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano (born 1655)aged 76 years
- 1740Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (born 1692)aged 48 years
- 1971Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1913)aged 58 years
- 2006Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany (born 1931)aged 75 years
- 2008Suharto, Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (born 1921)aged 87 years
- 2018Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA (born 1926)aged 92 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 07:10 and sets at 17:07, giving 9h 57m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 52 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 67% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 27 to John Chrysostom, Vitalian and Saint Sava.
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily (1186); Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp (1880). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johann Balthasar Neumann was born on January 27, 1687; Ashikaga Yoshimasa died on January 27, 1490.
332 days remain until Christmas and 339 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 27 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 7%
- of the year elapsed
- 332
- until Christmas
- 339
- until New Year
- 763
- 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