Today
Sunday July 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 193/ 365
- Week
- 282,026
- Days left
- 17253%
- Moon
- 5%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, July 12, 2026. It is day 193 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 172 remain, and 53% 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 18Nelson Mandela International Day
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 30International Day of Friendship
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
- TrasaghisItalian comune
- Elder Paisios of Mount AthosGreek Eastern Orthodox monk and Saint (1924-1994)
- Louis Martin and Azélie-Marie Guérinparents of Thérèse of Lisiéux, and Roman Catholic Saints
- John GualbertItalian Roman Catholic saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:36
- Sunset
- 20:28
- Length of day
- 14h 52m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 72 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 : 5%
Moon age : 27.5 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
1191
Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Wikipedia
1493
Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. Wikipedia
1562
Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya. Wikipedia
1806
At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine. Wikipedia
1920
The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time. Wikipedia
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1975
São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal. Wikipedia
1979
The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1998
France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0. Wikipedia
2006
A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 12
- 1803Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died 1841)
- 1852Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (died 1933)
- 1872Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (died 1945)
- 1895Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
- 1904Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1913Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1937Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (died 2026)
- 1997Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureateturns 29 years
Died on this day July 12
- 783Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen (born 720)
- 1536Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (born 1466)aged 70 years
- 1712Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)aged 86 years
- 1804Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)aged 47 years
- 1845Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (born 1808)aged 37 years
- 1855Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (born 1802)aged 53 years
- 1935Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)aged 76 years
- 1979Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)aged 32 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 05:36 and sets at 20:28, giving 14h 52m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 72 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 5% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 12 to Paul the Apostle, Trasaghis and Elder Paisios of Mount Athos.
No United Nations international day falls on July 12. The next one on the calendar is Nelson Mandela International Day, on July 18.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre (1191); Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published (1493). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Peter Chanel was born on July 12, 1803; Bertrada of Laon died on July 12, 783.
166 days remain until Christmas and 173 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 12 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 53%
- of the year elapsed
- 166
- until Christmas
- 173
- until New Year
- 597
- 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