Today
Thursday January 29 2026
- Day of the year
- 29/ 365
- Week
- 52,026
- Days left
- 3368%
- Moon
- 87%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, January 29, 2026. It is day 29 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 336 remain, and 8% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 5.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- February 2World Wetlands Day
- February 4World Cancer Day
- February 6International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Gelasius IIPope from 1118 to 1119
- Gildas6th-century British monk, writer and saint
- Aphrahat4th century Syriac-Christian theologian and author
- Julian MaunoirFrench Jesuit priest (1606-1683)
- Bolesława LamentBeatified Polish nun (1862-1946)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:09
- Sunset
- 17:10
- Length of day
- 10h 1m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:09
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 50 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 : 87%
Moon age : 10.9 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
904
Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. Wikipedia
1814
War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. Wikipedia
1856
Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. Wikipedia
1861
Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1863
The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children. Wikipedia
1886
Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. Wikipedia
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1891
Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Wikipedia
1996
President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing. Wikipedia
2002
In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Wikipedia
2005
The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 29
- 1455Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (died 1522)
- 1688Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772)
- 1717Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1797)
- 1843William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (died 1901)
- 1866Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)
- 1926Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
- 1945Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)
- 1954Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productionsturns 72 years
Died on this day January 29
- 1119Pope Gelasius II (born 1060)aged 59 years
- 1820George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)aged 82 years
- 1829Paul Barras, French captain and politician (born 1755)aged 74 years
- 1899Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (born 1839)aged 60 years
- 1906Christian IX, King of Denmark (born 1818)aged 88 years
- 1934Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)aged 66 years
- 1941Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1871)aged 70 years
- 1969Allen Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1893)aged 76 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 07:09 and sets at 17:10, giving 10h 1m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 50 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 87% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 29 to Gelasius II, Gildas and Aphrahat.
No United Nations international day falls on January 29. The next one on the calendar is World Wetlands Day, on February 2.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher (904); War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne (1814). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johann Reuchlin was born on January 29, 1455; Pope Gelasius II died on January 29, 1119.
330 days remain until Christmas and 337 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 29 falls under the sign of Aquarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 8%
- of the year elapsed
- 330
- until Christmas
- 337
- until New Year
- 761
- 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