Today
Tuesday July 21 2026
- Day of the year
- 202/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 16355%
- Moon
- 52%First quarter
Today is Tuesday, July 21, 2026. It is day 202 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 163 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.
- Lawrence of BrindisiItalian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)
- Our Lady of Kazanholy icon of the Virgin Mary in Kazan Cathedral, Moscow
- Praxedessaint
- Procopius of Scythopolis3rd-century martyr and saint
- Victor of MarseillesGallo-Roman saint
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:43
- Sunset
- 20:22
- Length of day
- 14h 39m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 63 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
First quarter
Illumination : 52%
Moon age : 7.3 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
-356
The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. Wikipedia
1568
Eighty Years' War: in the Battle of Jemmingen, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau. Wikipedia
1718
The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. Wikipedia
1798
French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids. Wikipedia
1831
Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. Wikipedia
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1944
World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10. Wikipedia
1954
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Wikipedia
1983
The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). Wikipedia
2011
NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day July 21
- 1414Pope Sixtus IV (died 1484)
- 1620Jean Picard, French astronomer (died 1682)
- 1858Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain, Queen Regent of Spain (died 1929)
- 1899Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
- 1920Isaac Stern, Russian-American violinist and conductor (died 2001)
- 1923Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
- 1948Cat Stevens, English singer-songwriter and guitaristturns 78 years
- 1951Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (died 2014)
Died on this day July 21
- 987Geoffrey I, Count of Anjouaged 49 years
- 1425Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1350)aged 75 years
- 1552Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (born 1495)aged 62 years
- 1796Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1759)aged 37 years
- 1944Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler (born 1907)aged 37 years
- 1967Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (born 1892)aged 75 years
- 1998Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923)aged 75 years
- 2004Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)aged 86 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 05:43 and sets at 20:22, giving 14h 39m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 63 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is at first quarter, 52% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 21 to Lawrence of Brindisi, Our Lady of Kazan and Praxedes.
No United Nations international day falls on July 21. 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: The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson (-356); Eighty Years' War: in the Battle of Jemmingen, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau (1568). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Sixtus IV was born on July 21, 1414; Geoffrey I died on July 21, 987.
157 days remain until Christmas and 164 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 21 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 55%
- of the year elapsed
- 157
- until Christmas
- 164
- until New Year
- 588
- 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