Today
Monday June 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 152/ 365
- Week
- 232,026
- Days left
- 21342%
- Moon
- 99%Waning gibbous
Today is Monday, June 1, 2026. It is day 152 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 213 remain, and 42% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 23.
What's celebrated on this date
Global Day of Parents
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Justin Martyr2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr
- Justin PopovićEastern Orthodox theologian (1894–1979)
- Giovanni Battista ScalabriniItalian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed (1839–1905)
- Symeon of TrierGerman-Italian saint and hermit
- Annibale Maria di Franciafounder of the Roagationist Fathers (1851–1927)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 20:21
- Length of day
- 14h 54m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:54
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 20 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 99%
Moon age : 15.8 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Gemini
until June 21, 2026 — Cancer
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
193
The Roman Senate passes a motion proclaiming Septimius Severus emperor, awards divine honours to Pertinax, and sentences current emperor Didius Julianus to death. Wikipedia
1252
Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. Wikipedia
1533
Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. Wikipedia
1792
Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. Wikipedia
1794
The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. Wikipedia
1918
World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Wikipedia
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1941
World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. Wikipedia
1958
Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. Wikipedia
1990
Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. Wikipedia
2009
Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 1
- 1796Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (died 1832)
- 1804Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (died 1857)
- 1890Frank Morgan, American actor (died 1949)
- 1907Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher (died 1977)
- 1921Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (died 1985)
- 1926Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
- 1926Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (died 1962)
- 1935Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partnersturns 91 years
Died on this day June 1
- 1616Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (born 1543)aged 73 years
- 1846Pope Gregory XVI (born 1765)aged 81 years
- 1943Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (born 1893)aged 50 years
- 1946Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (born 1882)aged 64 years
- 1962Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer, key organizer of the Holocaust (born 1906)aged 56 years
- 1979Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)aged 75 years
- 2001Notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacreaged 56 years
- 2008Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (born 1936)aged 72 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 05:27 and sets at 20:21, giving 14h 54m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 20 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 99% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 1 to Justin Martyr, Justin Popović and Giovanni Battista Scalabrini.
June 1 is Global Day of Parents, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Roman Senate passes a motion proclaiming Septimius Severus emperor, awards divine honours to Pertinax, and sentences current emperor Didius Julianus to death (193); Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León (1252). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was born on June 1, 1796; Tokugawa Ieyasu died on June 1, 1616.
207 days remain until Christmas and 214 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 1 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 42%
- of the year elapsed
- 207
- until Christmas
- 214
- until New Year
- 638
- 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