Today
Friday July 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 191/ 365
- Week
- 282,026
- Days left
- 17452%
- Moon
- 20%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, July 10, 2026. It is day 191 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 174 remain, and 52% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 28.
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.
- Canute IV of DenmarkKing of Denmark from 1080 to 1086
- George the HagioriteGeorgian monk, religious writer, theologian and translator (1009-1065)
- Amalberga of TemseLotharingian noble woman
- Bernard of QuintavalleItalian religious, follower of St. Francis of Assisi
- Manuel Ruiz and his 10 companionsgroup of christians, martyred in Damascus in 1860
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:34
- Sunset
- 20:29
- Length of day
- 14h 54m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 74 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 20%
Moon age : 25.5 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
1789
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. Wikipedia
1850
U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death. Wikipedia
1890
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1938
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins. Wikipedia
1962
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. Wikipedia
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1973
The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. Wikipedia
1985
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira. Wikipedia
1991
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. Wikipedia
1992
In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 10
- 1419Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471)
- 1509John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (died 1564)
- 1723William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780)
- 1830Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (died 1903)
- 1835Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1880)
- 1856Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (died 1943)
- 1902Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1925Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysiaturns 101 years
Died on this day July 10
- 983Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1103Eric I, king of Denmark (born 1060)aged 47 years
- 1559Henry II, king of France (born 1519)aged 40 years
- 1584William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533)aged 51 years
- 1590Charles II, archduke of Austria (born 1540)aged 50 years
- 1851Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (born 1787)aged 64 years
- 1970Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1908)aged 62 years
- 2015Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (born 1932)aged 83 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 05:34 and sets at 20:29, giving 14h 54m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 74 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 20% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 10 to Canute IV of Denmark, George the Hagiorite and Amalberga of Temse.
No United Nations international day falls on July 10. 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: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta (1789); U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death (1850). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan was born on July 10, 1419; Benedict VII died on July 10, 983.
168 days remain until Christmas and 175 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 10 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 52%
- of the year elapsed
- 168
- until Christmas
- 175
- until New Year
- 599
- 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