Today
Friday January 9 2026
- Day of the year
- 9/ 365
- Week
- 22,026
- Days left
- 3562%
- Moon
- 59%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, January 9, 2026. It is day 9 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 356 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.
- Pauline Jaricot19th-century French tertiary of the Order of Dominicans, foundress and blessed
- Peter of Sebastebishop
- Julian and Basilissamarried couple
- PolyeuctusRoman Armenian martyr and saint (died 259)
- Adrian of CanterburyAbbot of Canterbury
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:20
- Sunset
- 16:47
- Length of day
- 9h 27m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 70 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 : 59%
Moon age : 20.6 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
475
Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius. Wikipedia
1349
The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. Wikipedia
1788
Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
1792
Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92. Wikipedia
1806
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. Wikipedia
1878
Umberto I becomes King of Italy. Wikipedia
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1916
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. Wikipedia
1960
President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Wikipedia
2005
Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. Wikipedia
2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 9
- 1554Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)
- 1590Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649)
- 1902Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975)
- 1913Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994)
- 1922Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011)
- 1922Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984)
- 1940Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederationturns 86 years
- 1959Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureateturns 67 years
Died on this day January 9
- 1514Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (born 1477)aged 37 years
- 1757Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1657)aged 100 years
- 1799Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1718)aged 81 years
- 1873Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (born 1808)aged 65 years
- 1961Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)aged 94 years
- 1979Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (born 1891)aged 88 years
- 1995Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (born 1909)aged 86 years
- 2012Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947)aged 65 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 16:47, giving 9h 27m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 70 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 59% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on January 18, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 9 to Pauline Jaricot, Peter of Sebaste and Julian and Basilissa.
No United Nations international day falls on January 9. 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: Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee (475); The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated (1349). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Gregory XV was born on January 9, 1554; Anne of Brittany died on January 9, 1514.
350 days remain until Christmas and 357 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 9 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 2%
- of the year elapsed
- 350
- until Christmas
- 357
- until New Year
- 781
- 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