Today
Thursday July 2 2026
- Day of the year
- 183/ 365
- Week
- 272,026
- Days left
- 18250%
- Moon
- 94%Waning gibbous
Today is Thursday, July 2, 2026. It is day 183 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 182 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.
- Stephen III of MoldaviaPrince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504
- VisitationChristian story of Mary visiting Elizabeth
- John of Shanghai and San FranciscoEastern Orthodox ascetic (1896-1966)
- Walter RauschenbuschUnited States Baptist theologian (1861–1918)
- Patriarch Job of Moscowfirst Patriarch of Moscow, from 1589 to 1605
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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 — 82 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 : 94%
Moon age : 17.5 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
1582
Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. Wikipedia
1644
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. Wikipedia
1881
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19). Wikipedia
1890
The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. Wikipedia
1934
The Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings. Wikipedia
1937
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. Wikipedia
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1964
Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. Wikipedia
1966
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Wikipedia
1976
End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Wikipedia
2005
The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 2
- 1821Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915)
- 1877Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
- 1903Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)
- 1904René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (died 1996)
- 1923Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
- 1925Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)
- 1930Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina (died 2021)
- 1942Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexicoturns 84 years
Died on this day July 2
- 936Henry the Fowler, German king (born 876)aged 60 years
- 1566Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (born 1503)aged 63 years
- 1778Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (born 1712)aged 66 years
- 1843Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (born 1755)aged 88 years
- 1926Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857)aged 69 years
- 1961Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)aged 62 years
- 1989Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)aged 80 years
- 2014Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (born 1917)aged 97 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 82 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 94% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 2 to Stephen III of Moldavia, Visitation and John of Shanghai and San Francisco.
No United Nations international day falls on July 2. 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 Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide (1582); English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor (1644). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles Tupper was born on July 2, 1821; Henry the Fowler died on July 2, 936.
176 days remain until Christmas and 183 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 2 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 50%
- of the year elapsed
- 176
- until Christmas
- 183
- until New Year
- 607
- 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