Today
Sunday January 4 2026
- Day of the year
- 4/ 365
- Week
- 12,026
- Days left
- 3611%
- Moon
- 98%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, January 4, 2026. It is day 4 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 361 remain, and 1% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 1.
What's celebrated on this date
World Braille Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- seventy disciplesearly students of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke
- Elizabeth Ann Setonfirst native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)
- Angela of FolignoItalian saint
- Manuel González GarcíaSpanish Roman Catholic Bishop and Saint (1877-1940)
- Achaicus of Corinthone of the seventy disciples
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:42
- Length of day
- 9h 22m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 75 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
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 98%
Moon age : 15.6 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
871
Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. Wikipedia
1642
English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled. Wikipedia
1717
The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. Wikipedia
1762
Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War. Wikipedia
1948
Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic. Wikipedia
1951
Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time. Wikipedia
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1958
Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit. Wikipedia
2004
Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. Wikipedia
2004
Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. Wikipedia
2010
The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day January 4
- 1334Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (died 1383)
- 1581James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (died 1656)
- 1710Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (died 1736)
- 1809Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (died 1852)
- 1874Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (died 1935)
- 1940Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 86 years
- 1940Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 86 years
- 1945Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 81 years
Died on this day January 4
- 1248Sancho II of Portugal (born 1209)aged 41 years
- 1761Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (born 1677)aged 84 years
- 1782Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (born 1698)aged 84 years
- 1825Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (born 1751)aged 74 years
- 1941Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)aged 82 years
- 1960Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)aged 47 years
- 1961Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)aged 74 years
- 1965T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)aged 77 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 16:42, giving 9h 22m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 75 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 98% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 4 to seventy disciples, Elizabeth Ann Seton and Angela of Foligno.
January 4 is World Braille 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: Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army (871); English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled (1642). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Amadeus VI was born on January 4, 1334; Sancho II of Portugal died on January 4, 1248.
355 days remain until Christmas and 362 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 4 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 1%
- of the year elapsed
- 355
- until Christmas
- 362
- until New Year
- 786
- 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