Today
Saturday June 20 2026
- Day of the year
- 171/ 365
- Week
- 252,026
- Days left
- 19447%
- Moon
- 37%Waxing crescent
Today is Saturday, June 20, 2026. It is day 171 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 194 remain, and 47% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 25.
What's celebrated on this date
World Refugee Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Silveriuspope
- Nicholas CabasilasByzantine mystic
- Methodius of OlympusChristian bishop and martyr
- AdalbertFrench saint, archbishop and missionary (c.910–981)
- Vladimir of Novgorodeldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev by Ingigerd, daughter of king Olof Skötkonung of Sweden (1020-1052)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:30
- Length of day
- 15h 6m
- Solar noon
- 12:58
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 1 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Independence Day — July 3, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 37%
Moon age : 5.5 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- July 14, 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
451
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats. Despite suffering catastrophic losses that led to the collapse of their alliance with the Goths and the destruction of much of the Roman army, the Romans nevertheless proclaimed victo Wikipedia
1789
Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. Wikipedia
1791
King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution. Wikipedia
1837
King William IV dies, and is succeeded by his niece, Victoria. Wikipedia
1862
Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. Wikipedia
1863
American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. Wikipedia
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1900
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. Wikipedia
1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters". Wikipedia
1991
The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin. Wikipedia
2003
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 20
- 1389John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English statesman (died 1435)
- 1469Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (died 1494)
- 1566Sigismund III Vasa, Polish and Swedish king (died 1632)
- 1634Charles Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy (died 1675)
- 1761Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author (died 1826)
- 1819Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (died 1880)
- 1887Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator (died 1948)
- 1925Audie Murphy, American lieutenant and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1971)
Died on this day June 20
- 1597Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (born 1550)aged 47 years
- 1605Feodor II of Russia (born 1589)aged 16 years
- 1787Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (born 1723)aged 64 years
- 1837William IV of the United Kingdom (born 1765)aged 72 years
- 1966Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1894)aged 72 years
- 2005Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)aged 82 years
- 2011Ryan Dunn, American television personality (born 1977)aged 34 years
- 2017Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)aged 43 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 05:25 and sets at 20:30, giving 15h 6m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 1 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 37% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 20 to Silverius, Nicholas Cabasilas and Methodius of Olympus.
June 20 is World Refugee Day, 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: Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun (451); Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath (1789). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
John of Lancaster was born on June 20, 1389; Willem Barentsz died on June 20, 1597.
188 days remain until Christmas and 195 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 20 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 47%
- of the year elapsed
- 188
- until Christmas
- 195
- until New Year
- 619
- 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