Today
Friday July 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 184/ 365
- Week
- 272,026
- Days left
- 18150%
- Moon
- 88%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, July 3, 2026. It is day 184 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 181 remain, and 50% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 27.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- July 11World Population Day
- July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Thomas the Apostleone of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
- Leo IIpope
- Anatolius of ConstantinopleEastern Orthodox saint
- Anatolius of LaodiceaBishop of Laodicea
- Antonietta MeoItalian girl declared venerable by the Catholic Church (1930–1937)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:30
- Sunset
- 20:31
- Length of day
- 15h 1m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 81 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayIndependence Day— observed on July 3, 2026
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 88%
Moon age : 18.5 days
- Next full moon
- July 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- July 14, 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
324
Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Wikipedia
987
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. Wikipedia
1608
Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. Wikipedia
1863
American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. Wikipedia
1866
Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs. Wikipedia
1886
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. Wikipedia
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1898
A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Wikipedia
1970
Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard. Wikipedia
1988
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. Wikipedia
2013
President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elec Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 3
- 1423Louis XI, King of France (died 1483)
- 1854Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (died 1928)
- 1866Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (died 1906)
- 1870R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1947)
- 1883Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (died 1924)
- 1952Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
- 1962Tom Cruise, American actor and producerturns 64 years
- 1973Patrick Wilson, American actorturns 53 years
Died on this day July 3
- 1503Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (born 1423)aged 80 years
- 1642Marie de' Medici, French queen consort and regent (born 1573)aged 67 years
- 1672Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (born 1635)aged 37 years
- 1904Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist, playwright, and father of modern political Zionism (born 1860)aged 44 years
- 1918Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (born 1844)aged 74 years
- 1935André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878)aged 57 years
- 1969Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1942)aged 27 years
- 1971Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)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 05:30 and sets at 20:31, giving 15h 1m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 81 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 88% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 3 to Thomas the Apostle, Leo II and Anatolius of Constantinople.
No United Nations international day falls on July 3. The next one on the calendar is World Population Day, on July 11.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Independence Day.
On this day in history: Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium (324); Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792 (987). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Louis XI was born on July 3, 1423; Pierre d'Aubusson died on July 3, 1503.
175 days remain until Christmas and 182 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 3 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 50%
- of the year elapsed
- 175
- until Christmas
- 182
- until New Year
- 606
- 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