Today
Saturday June 13 2026
- Day of the year
- 164/ 365
- Week
- 242,026
- Days left
- 20145%
- Moon
- 3%Waning crescent
Today is Saturday, June 13, 2026. It is day 164 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 201 remain, and 45% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 24.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
- June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 20World Refugee Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Anthony of PaduaFranciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
- Chiara Corbella PetrilloItalian Roman Catholic Servant of God (1984-2012)
- Felicula4th century Christian martyr and saint
- AquilinaChristian child saint
- Gerard of ClairvauxOlder brother of Bernard of Clairvaux
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:24
- Sunset
- 20:28
- Length of day
- 15h 4m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:56
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 8 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 : 3%
Moon age : 27.8 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
313
The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. Wikipedia
1514
Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated. Wikipedia
1777
American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army. Wikipedia
1898
Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank. Wikipedia
1952
Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. Wikipedia
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1971
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. Wikipedia
1982
Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid. Wikipedia
1983
Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune. Wikipedia
2010
A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 13
- 823Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
- 1773Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)
- 1831James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)
- 1854Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (died 1931)
- 1865W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1939)
- 1888Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)
- 1928John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
- 1944Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nationsturns 82 years
Died on this day June 13
- 1036Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (born 1005)aged 31 years
- 1231Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (born 1195)aged 36 years
- 1348Juan Manuel, Spanish prince (born 1282)aged 66 years
- 1645Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (born 1584)aged 61 years
- 1886Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (born 1845)aged 41 years
- 1972Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)aged 73 years
- 2005Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (born 1913)aged 92 years
- 2006Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1925)aged 81 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 4m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 8 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 3% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 13 to Anthony of Padua, Chiara Corbella Petrillo and Felicula.
No United Nations international day falls on June 13. The next one on the calendar is World Blood Donor Day, on June 14.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia (313); Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated (1514). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles the Bald was born on June 13, 823; Ali az-Zahir died on June 13, 1036.
195 days remain until Christmas and 202 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 13 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 45%
- of the year elapsed
- 195
- until Christmas
- 202
- until New Year
- 626
- 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