Today
Saturday July 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 206/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 15956%
- Moon
- 86%Waxing gibbous
Today is Saturday, July 25, 2026. It is day 206 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 159 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.
- St. James the Elderone of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
- Saint Annemother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran
- Saint Christophersaint in the Catholic and Orthodox church
- Olympias the DeaconessEastern Orthodox saint
- María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y BaranguerasSpanish Saint, foundress of the Conceptionists Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (1848–1911)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:47
- Sunset
- 20:19
- Length of day
- 14h 32m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 59 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 : 86%
Moon age : 11.3 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
306
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. Wikipedia
315
The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. Wikipedia
1139
Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. Wikipedia
1261
The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia
1593
Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Wikipedia
1909
Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes. Wikipedia
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1934
The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. Wikipedia
1956
Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. Wikipedia
2000
Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 25
- 1905Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1953Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (died 1999)
- 1967Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producerturns 59 years
- 1978Louise Brown, English woman, first person to be born through in vitro fertilizationturns 48 years
- 1982Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (died 2008)
- 1985Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driverturns 41 years
- 1986Hulk, Brazilian footballerturns 40 years
- 1988Paulinho, Brazilian footballerturns 38 years
Died on this day July 25
- 1195Herrad of Landsberg, abbess, author, and illustrator (born c. 1130)aged 65 years
- 1409Martin I, king of Sicily (born 1376)aged 33 years
- 1564Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1503)aged 61 years
- 1834Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772)aged 62 years
- 1887John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808)aged 79 years
- 1934Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892)aged 42 years
- 2008Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (born 1960)aged 48 years
- 2019Beji Caid Essebsi, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926)aged 93 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 05:47 and sets at 20:19, giving 14h 32m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 59 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 86% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 25 to St. James the Elder, Saint Anne and Saint Christopher.
No United Nations international day falls on July 25. 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: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops (306); The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge (315). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Elias Canetti was born on July 25, 1905; Herrad of Landsberg died on July 25, 1195.
153 days remain until Christmas and 160 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 25 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 56%
- of the year elapsed
- 153
- until Christmas
- 160
- until New Year
- 584
- 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