Today
Sunday July 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 207/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 15857%
- Moon
- 92%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, July 26, 2026. It is day 207 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 158 remain, and 57% 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.
- Saint Annemother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran
- Joachimtraditional father of the Virgin Mary
- Jacques HamelFrench Catholic Priest, Martyr and Servant of God
- George PrecaMaltese Roman Catholic priest (1880–1962)
- Paraskevi of RomeChristian martyr and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:47
- Sunset
- 20:18
- Length of day
- 14h 30m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 58 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 : 92%
Moon age : 12.3 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
811
Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. Wikipedia
1581
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II. Wikipedia
1822
José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar. Wikipedia
1847
Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation. Wikipedia
1882
Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth. Wikipedia
1936
Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction. Wikipedia
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1947
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. Wikipedia
1953
Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement Wikipedia
1956
Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation. Wikipedia
1971
Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 26
- 1791Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1844)
- 1829Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912)
- 1855Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1936)
- 1856George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
- 1928Francesco Cossiga, Italian academic and politician, 8th President of Italy (died 2010)
- 1955Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani businessman and politician, 11th President of Pakistanturns 71 years
- 1975Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdomturns 51 years
- 1980Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealandturns 46 years
Died on this day July 26
- 811Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperoraged 61 years
- 1380Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (born 1322)aged 58 years
- 1471Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1417)aged 54 years
- 1863Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas, and 6th Governor of Tennessee (born 1793)aged 70 years
- 1867Otto, king of Greece (born 1815)aged 52 years
- 1925Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848)aged 77 years
- 1952Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919)aged 33 years
- 2023Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)aged 57 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 20:18, giving 14h 30m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 58 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 92% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 26 to Saint Anne, Joachim and Jacques Hamel.
No United Nations international day falls on July 26. 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: Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded (811); Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II (1581). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart was born on July 26, 1791; Nikephoros I died on July 26, 811.
152 days remain until Christmas and 159 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 26 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 57%
- of the year elapsed
- 152
- until Christmas
- 159
- until New Year
- 583
- 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