Today
Wednesday July 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 182/ 365
- Week
- 272,026
- Days left
- 18350%
- Moon
- 97%Waning gibbous
Today is Wednesday, July 1, 2026. It is day 182 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 183 remain, and 50% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 27.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- July 11World Population Day
- July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Aaronmale human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
- EstherBiblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes (Book of Esther)
- Saints Cosmas and Damiantwins and early Christian martyrs born in Arabia
- Antonio RosminiItalian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)
- Junípero SerraChristian missionary
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:29
- Sunset
- 20:31
- Length of day
- 15h 2m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 83 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Independence Day — July 3, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 97%
Moon age : 16.5 days
- Next full moon
- July 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- July 14, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Cancer
until July 23, 2026 — Leo
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
1097
Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. Wikipedia
1431
The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista. Wikipedia
1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins. Wikipedia
1867
The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a natio Wikipedia
1916
World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. Wikipedia
1921
The Chinese Communist Party is founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, with the help of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks), who seized power in Russia after the 1917 October Revolution, and the Far Eastern Secretariat of the Communist International. Wikipedia
Show more (4)
1962
Independence of Rwanda and Burundi. Wikipedia
1991
Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. Wikipedia
2002
The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. Wikipedia
2013
Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 1
- 1646Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1716)
- 1804George Sand, French author and playwright (died 1876)
- 1872Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (died 1936)
- 1879Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
- 1899Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer (died 1993)
- 1899Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director (died 1962)
- 1902William Wyler, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1981)
- 1921Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (died 1980)
Died on this day July 1
- 1614Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (born 1559)aged 55 years
- 1784Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (born 1710)aged 74 years
- 1860Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (born 1800)aged 60 years
- 1974Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (born 1895)aged 79 years
- 1983Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (born 1895)aged 88 years
- 2001Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)aged 79 years
- 2005Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (born 1951)aged 54 years
- 2006Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1937)aged 69 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 05:29 and sets at 20:31, giving 15h 2m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 83 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 97% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 1 to Aaron, Esther and Saints Cosmas and Damian.
No United Nations international day falls on July 1. The next one on the calendar is World Population Day, on July 11.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I (1097); The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista (1431). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646; Isaac Casaubon died on July 1, 1614.
177 days remain until Christmas and 184 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 1 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 50%
- of the year elapsed
- 177
- until Christmas
- 184
- until New Year
- 608
- 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