Today
Tuesday July 28 2026
- Day of the year
- 209/ 365
- Week
- 312,026
- Days left
- 15657%
- Moon
- 99%Full moon
Today is Tuesday, July 28, 2026. It is day 209 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 156 remain, and 57% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 31.
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.
- Victor IPope and Bishop of Rome from 189 to 199
- Innocent Iearly medieval pope (???-417)
- Saint AlphonsaSyro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister
- Nicanor the DeaconAncient Roman saint
- Sancha of MajorcaQueen consort of Naples
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:49
- Sunset
- 20:16
- Length of day
- 14h 27m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 56 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
Full moon
Illumination : 99%
Moon age : 14.3 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
1364
Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. Wikipedia
1540
Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. Wikipedia
1540
Thomas Cromwell is executed after having been condemned untried, using a bill of attainder which Cromwell had used against his opponents. Wikipedia
1794
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins the Great War. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. Wikipedia
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1945
A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. Wikipedia
1965
Vietnam War: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Wikipedia
1976
The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. Wikipedia
2010
Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day July 28
- 1866Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (died 1943)
- 1887Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (died 1968)
- 1902Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)
- 1929Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)
- 1945Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfieldturns 81 years
- 1951Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complexturns 75 years
- 1954Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2013)
- 1974Alexis Tsipras, Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greeceturns 52 years
Died on this day July 28
- 450Theodosius II, Roman emperor (born 401)aged 49 years
- 1128William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (born 1102)aged 26 years
- 1540Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1495)aged 55 years
- 1741Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (born 1678)aged 63 years
- 1750Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (born 1685)aged 65 years
- 1818Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (born 1746)aged 72 years
- 1844Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (born 1768)aged 76 years
- 2004Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)aged 88 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 05:49 and sets at 20:16, giving 14h 27m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 56 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is full, 99% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 28 to Victor I, Innocent I and Saint Alphonsa.
No United Nations international day falls on July 28. 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: Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina (1364); Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard (1540). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866; Theodosius II died on July 28, 450.
150 days remain until Christmas and 157 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 28 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 57%
- of the year elapsed
- 150
- until Christmas
- 157
- until New Year
- 581
- 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