Today
Friday June 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 163/ 365
- Week
- 242,026
- Days left
- 20245%
- Moon
- 9%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, June 12, 2026. It is day 163 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 202 remain, and 45% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 24.
What's celebrated on this date
World Day Against Child Labour
WorldwideInternational Labour Organization
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Leo IIIPope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816 (born 750–816)
- Saint OnuphriusDesert father
- 108 Martyrs of World War IIroman Catholic martyrs in Poland during WWII
- John TornikeGeorgian general and saint
- Hildegard BurjanAustrian politician and blessed (1883-1933)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:24
- Sunset
- 20:28
- Length of day
- 15h 3m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:56
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 9 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 crescent
Illumination : 9%
Moon age : 26.8 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
1429
Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Wikipedia
1550
The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden. Wikipedia
1817
The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais. Wikipedia
1864
American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south. Wikipedia
1898
Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. Wikipedia
1963
NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement. Wikipedia
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1964
Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life sentence for high treason together with Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Andrew Mlangeni, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu in the Rivonia Trial for sabotage in South Afr Wikipedia
1991
In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia. Wikipedia
2016
Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police. Wikipedia
2018
United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 12
- 950Reizei, Japanese emperor (died 1011)
- 1519Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
- 1577Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
- 1897Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
- 1924George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)
- 1929Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
- 1941Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (died 2021)
- 1942Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureateturns 84 years
Died on this day June 12
- 816Pope Leo III (born 750)aged 66 years
- 918Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870)aged 48 years
- 1418Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (born 1360)aged 54 years
- 1982Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)aged 96 years
- 1983Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (born 1902)aged 81 years
- 2003Gregory Peck, American actor and political activist (born 1916)aged 87 years
- 2012Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)aged 79 years
- 2023Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)aged 87 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 05:24 and sets at 20:28, giving 15h 3m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 9 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 9% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 12 to Leo III, Saint Onuphrius and 108 Martyrs of World War II.
June 12 is World Day Against Child Labour, 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: Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1429); The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden (1550). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Reizei was born on June 12, 950; Pope Leo III died on June 12, 816.
196 days remain until Christmas and 203 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 12 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 45%
- of the year elapsed
- 196
- until Christmas
- 203
- until New Year
- 627
- 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