Today
Thursday July 23 2026
- Day of the year
- 204/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 16156%
- Moon
- 71%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, July 23, 2026. It is day 204 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 161 remain, and 56% 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.
- Bridget of SwedenSwedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)
- Ezekielbiblical prophet and main figure of the Book of Ezekiel
- John CassianChristian monk and theologian
- Liborius of Le MansBishop of La Mans
- Basil HopkoSlovak Greek catholic bishop (1904–1976), blessed
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:45
- Sunset
- 20:20
- Length of day
- 14h 36m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 61 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 gibbous
Illumination : 71%
Moon age : 9.3 days
- Next full moon
- July 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- August 12, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Leo
until August 23, 2026 — Virgo
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
1829
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. Wikipedia
1862
American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army. Wikipedia
1903
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car. Wikipedia
1914
July Crisis: Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28. Wikipedia
1952
General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt. Wikipedia
1970
Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war. Wikipedia
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1995
Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later. Wikipedia
1999
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Wikipedia
2001
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment. Wikipedia
2015
NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 23
- 1649Pope Clement XI (died 1721)
- 1796Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer (died 1868)
- 1884Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor (died 1950)
- 1888Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (died 1959)
- 1892Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (died 1975)
- 1906Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
- 1925Quett Masire, Botswana politician, the former Vice-President of Botswana (died 2017)
- 1957Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Died on this day July 23
- 1373Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (born 1303)aged 70 years
- 1757Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (born 1685)aged 72 years
- 1885Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (born 1822)aged 63 years
- 1951Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (born 1856)aged 95 years
- 1955Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)aged 84 years
- 1966Montgomery Clift, American actor (born 1920)aged 46 years
- 1971Van Heflin, American actor (born 1910)aged 63 years
- 2011Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (born 1983)aged 28 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 05:45 and sets at 20:20, giving 14h 36m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 61 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 71% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 23 to Bridget of Sweden, Ezekiel and John Cassian.
No United Nations international day falls on July 23. 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: In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter (1829); American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army (1862). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Clement XI was born on July 23, 1649; Bridget of Sweden died on July 23, 1373.
155 days remain until Christmas and 162 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 23 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 56%
- of the year elapsed
- 155
- until Christmas
- 162
- until New Year
- 586
- 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