Today
Tuesday July 7 2026
- Day of the year
- 188/ 365
- Week
- 282,026
- Days left
- 17752%
- Moon
- 52%Last quarter
Today is Tuesday, July 7, 2026. It is day 188 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 177 remain, and 52% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 28.
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.
- Benedict XIpope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
- PantaenusGreek Christian theologian (died c.200)
- FerminSpanish saint
- Willibald8th century bishop and saint
- KyriakiGreek saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:32
- Sunset
- 20:30
- Length of day
- 14h 58m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 77 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
Last quarter
Illumination : 52%
Moon age : 22.5 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
1456
A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. Wikipedia
1807
The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition. Wikipedia
1898
US president William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. Wikipedia
1915
World War I: The First Battle of the Isonzo between Italy and Austria-Hungary comes to an end. Wikipedia
1937
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). Wikipedia
1953
Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. Wikipedia
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1978
The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1983
Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov. Wikipedia
1991
Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia
2005
A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 7
- 1528Archduchess Anna of Austria (died 1590)
- 1752Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (died 1834)
- 1766Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (died 1815)
- 1833Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898)
- 1843Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
- 1860Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
- 1899George Cukor, American director and producer (died 1983)
- 1901Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (died 1974)
Died on this day July 7
- 1304Benedict XI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1240)aged 64 years
- 1307Edward I, king of England (born 1239)aged 68 years
- 1572Sigismund II Augustus, Polish king (born 1520)aged 52 years
- 1573Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù and Villa Farnese (born 1507)aged 66 years
- 1890Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (born 1814)aged 76 years
- 1930Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859)aged 71 years
- 2014Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)aged 86 years
- 2021Jovenel Moïse, Haitian entrepreneur and politician, President of Haiti (born 1968)aged 53 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 05:32 and sets at 20:30, giving 14h 58m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 77 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is at last quarter, 52% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 7 to Benedict XI, Pantaenus and Fermin.
No United Nations international day falls on July 7. The next one on the calendar is World Population Day, on July 11.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution (1456); The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition (1807). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Archduchess Anna of Austria was born on July 7, 1528; Benedict XI died on July 7, 1304.
171 days remain until Christmas and 178 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 7 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 52%
- of the year elapsed
- 171
- until Christmas
- 178
- until New Year
- 602
- 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