Today
Monday July 20 2026
- Day of the year
- 201/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 16455%
- Moon
- 42%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, July 20, 2026. It is day 201 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 164 remain, and 55% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 30.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 30International Day of Friendship
- August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- ElijahBiblical prophet
- Margaret the Virginsaint (275–304) usually shown with a dragon (292–307)
- Apollinaris of RavennaSyrian bishop and saint
- EalhswithAnglo Saxon royal consort
- WilgefortisGerman folk saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:42
- Sunset
- 20:23
- Length of day
- 14h 41m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 64 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 : 42%
Moon age : 6.3 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
1866
Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. Wikipedia
1871
British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation. Wikipedia
1936
The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. Wikipedia
1951
King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. Wikipedia
1969
Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. Wikipedia
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1974
Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organized by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. Wikipedia
1976
The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. Wikipedia
2012
James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others. Wikipedia
2021
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 20
- 1304Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (died 1374)
- 1774Auguste de Marmont, French general (died 1852)
- 1804Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (died 1892)
- 1822Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (died 1884)
- 1864Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
- 1897Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
- 1925Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission (died 2023)
- 1947Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 79 years
Died on this day July 20
- 1031Robert II, king of France (born 972)aged 59 years
- 1156Toba, emperor of Japan (born 1103)aged 53 years
- 1454John II, king of Castile and León (born 1405)aged 49 years
- 1524Claude, queen consort of France (born 1499)aged 25 years
- 1866Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (born 1826)aged 40 years
- 1903Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1810)aged 93 years
- 1937Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)aged 63 years
- 1944Mildred Harris, American actress (born 1901)aged 43 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 05:42 and sets at 20:23, giving 14h 41m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 64 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 42% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 20 to Elijah, Margaret the Virgin and Apollinaris of Ravenna.
No United Nations international day falls on July 20. The next one on the calendar is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, on July 30.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea (1866); British Columbia joins the Canadian Confederation (1871). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Petrarch was born on July 20, 1304; Robert II died on July 20, 1031.
158 days remain until Christmas and 165 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 20 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 55%
- of the year elapsed
- 158
- until Christmas
- 165
- until New Year
- 589
- 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