Today
Saturday January 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 3/ 365
- Week
- 12,026
- Days left
- 3621%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Saturday, January 3, 2026. It is day 3 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 362 remain, and 1% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 1.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 4World Braille Day
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- AnterusPope and Bishop of Rome from 235 to 236
- Malachibiblical prophet associated with the Book of Malachi
- Genevieve of ParisPatron saint of Paris
- Saint Kuriakose Elias ChavaraIndian Carmelite priest and Religious Founder (1805–1871)
- Peter Apselamusthird-century Christian martyr
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:41
- Length of day
- 9h 21m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 76 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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 14.6 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
1521
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. Wikipedia
1777
American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeat British forces at the Battle of Princeton, helping boost patriot morale. Wikipedia
1848
Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States. Wikipedia
1959
Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1990
United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces. Wikipedia
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1993
In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Wikipedia
2009
The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. Wikipedia
2020
Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict. Wikipedia
2026
The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 3
- 1793Lucretia Mott, American activist (died 1880)
- 1840Father Damien, Flemish priest and missionary (died 1889)
- 1883Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1967)
- 1887August Macke, German-French painter (died 1914)
- 1892J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (died 1973)
- 1897Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (died 1961)
- 1901Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 1963)
- 1952Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairsturns 74 years
Died on this day January 3
- 1322Philip V, king of France (born 1292)aged 29 years
- 1437Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of Henry V (born 1401)aged 36 years
- 1543Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1499)aged 46 years
- 1641Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1618)aged 23 years
- 1670George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1608)aged 62 years
- 1785Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (born 1706)aged 79 years
- 1826Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (born 1770)aged 56 years
- 2020Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian Quds Force (born 1957)aged 63 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 07:20 and sets at 16:41, giving 9h 21m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 76 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 3 to Anterus, Malachi and Genevieve of Paris.
No United Nations international day falls on January 3. The next one on the calendar is World Braille Day, on January 4.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem (1521); American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeat British forces at the Battle of Princeton, helping boost patriot morale (1777). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Lucretia Mott was born on January 3, 1793; Philip V died on January 3, 1322.
356 days remain until Christmas and 363 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 3 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 1%
- of the year elapsed
- 356
- until Christmas
- 363
- until New Year
- 787
- 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