Today
Monday January 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 5/ 365
- Week
- 22,026
- Days left
- 3601%
- Moon
- 93%Waning gibbous
Today is Monday, January 5, 2026. It is day 5 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 360 remain, and 1% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 2.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- February 2World Wetlands Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Edward the ConfessorAnglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066
- John of KronstadtRussian saint (1829–1908)
- John NeumannCzech christian missionary and saint (1811–1860)
- Charles of Mount ArgusDutch priest and saint (1821–1893)
- Syncletica of AlexandriaRoman saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:43
- Length of day
- 9h 23m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 74 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 : 93%
Moon age : 16.6 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
1477
Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. Wikipedia
1675
Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg. Wikipedia
1757
Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides). Wikipedia
1781
American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold. Wikipedia
1895
Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. Wikipedia
1919
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich. Wikipedia
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1933
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. Wikipedia
1957
In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine. Wikipedia
1968
Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". Wikipedia
1976
The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 5
- 1846Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
- 1855King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (died 1932)
- 1876Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)
- 1923Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records (died 2003)
- 1928Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (died 1979)
- 1928Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (died 2021)
- 1931Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (died 1989)
- 1956Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German academic and politician, 12th President of Germanyturns 70 years
Died on this day January 5
- 842Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (born 796)aged 46 years
- 1066Edward the Confessor, King of England (born 1004)
- 1477Charles, Duke of Burgundy (born 1433)aged 44 years
- 1589Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (born 1519)aged 70 years
- 1858Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (born 1766)aged 92 years
- 1933Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (born 1872)aged 61 years
- 1970Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)aged 88 years
- 1981Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)aged 88 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 16:43, giving 9h 23m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 74 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 93% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 5 to Edward the Confessor, John of Kronstadt and John Neumann.
No United Nations international day falls on January 5. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Education, on January 24.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France (1477); Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg (1675). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Rudolf Christoph Eucken was born on January 5, 1846; Al-Mu'tasim died on January 5, 842.
354 days remain until Christmas and 361 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 5 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 1%
- of the year elapsed
- 354
- until Christmas
- 361
- until New Year
- 785
- 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