Today
Tuesday January 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 6/ 365
- Week
- 22,026
- Days left
- 3592%
- Moon
- 86%Waning gibbous
Today is Tuesday, January 6, 2026. It is day 6 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 359 remain, and 2% 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.
- Biblical Magigroup of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth
- WidukindDuke of Saxony
- Twelve Apostles of IrelandIrish monastic saints in 6th century
- André BessetteCanadian Catholic brother and saint (1845–1937)
- Andrew CorsiniRoman Catholic Carmelite friar, bishop and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:44
- Length of day
- 9h 24m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 73 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 : 86%
Moon age : 17.6 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
1066
Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. Wikipedia
1449
Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. Wikipedia
1540
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. Wikipedia
1579
The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain. Wikipedia
1838
Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). Wikipedia
1912
New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state. Wikipedia
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1929
King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship. Wikipedia
1941
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address. Wikipedia
1992
President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup. Wikipedia
2021
Supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol Building to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 6
- 1367Richard II of England (died 1400)
- 1745Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (died 1799)
- 1822Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (died 1890)
- 1832Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died 1883)
- 1838Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (died 1920)
- 1861Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (died 1947)
- 1872Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1915)
- 1878Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (died 1967)
Died on this day January 6
- 1537Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (born 1481)aged 56 years
- 1537Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (born 1510)aged 27 years
- 1852Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (born 1809)aged 43 years
- 1884Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822)aged 62 years
- 1918Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1845)aged 73 years
- 1919Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (born 1858)aged 61 years
- 1990Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)aged 86 years
- 2016Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (born 1925)aged 91 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 16:44, giving 9h 24m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 73 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 86% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 6 to Biblical Magi, Widukind and Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
No United Nations international day falls on January 6. 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: Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England (1066); Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras (1449). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Richard II of England was born on January 6, 1367; Baldassare Peruzzi died on January 6, 1537.
353 days remain until Christmas and 360 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 6 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 2%
- of the year elapsed
- 353
- until Christmas
- 360
- until New Year
- 784
- 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