Today
Thursday July 16 2026
- Day of the year
- 197/ 365
- Week
- 292,026
- Days left
- 16854%
- Moon
- 7%Waxing crescent
Today is Thursday, July 16, 2026. It is day 197 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 168 remain, and 54% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 29.
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.
- Our Lady of Mount Carmeltitle of the Virgin Mary
- Helier6th century ascetic hermit, is patron saint of Jersey
- Bartholomew of BragaPortuguese Dominican theologian
- Marie-Madeleine PostelFrench saint
- FulradCounselor of both Pippin and Charlemagne
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:39
- Sunset
- 20:26
- Length of day
- 14h 47m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 68 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 7%
Moon age : 2.3 days
- Next full moon
- July 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- August 12, 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
622
The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. Wikipedia
1054
Three Roman legates place - acting illegally on their own authority - a bull of excommunication against Michael I Cerularius, the patriarch of Constantinople, and his followers on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the form Wikipedia
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, the forces of kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in t Wikipedia
1661
The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. Wikipedia
1942
Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. Wikipedia
1945
Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Wikipedia
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1951
King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin of Belgium. Wikipedia
1969
The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA. Wikipedia
1979
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. Wikipedia
1994
The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day July 16
- 1486Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (died 1530)
- 1723Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (died 1792)
- 1821Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (died 1910)
- 1858Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)
- 1872Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (died 1928)
- 1888Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
- 1896Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1968)
- 1968Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendiumturns 58 years
Died on this day July 16
- 1216Pope Innocent III (born 1160)aged 56 years
- 1557Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (born 1515)aged 42 years
- 1915Ellen G. White, American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church(born 1827)aged 88 years
- 1960Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (born 1881)aged 75 years
- 1985Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)aged 68 years
- 1989Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1908)aged 81 years
- 1994Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)aged 76 years
- 1999John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (born 1960)aged 39 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 05:39 and sets at 20:26, giving 14h 47m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 68 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 7% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 16 to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Helier and Bartholomew of Braga.
No United Nations international day falls on July 16. 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: The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar (622); Three Roman legates place - acting illegally on their own authority - a bull of excommunication against Michael I Cerularius, the patriarch of Constantinople, and his followers on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy (1054). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Andrea del Sarto was born on July 16, 1486; Pope Innocent III died on July 16, 1216.
162 days remain until Christmas and 169 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 16 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 54%
- of the year elapsed
- 162
- until Christmas
- 169
- until New Year
- 593
- 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