Today
Thursday June 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 176/ 365
- Week
- 262,026
- Days left
- 18948%
- Moon
- 84%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, June 25, 2026. It is day 176 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 189 remain, and 48% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 26.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 26International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- July 11World Population Day
- July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Pontius Pilatusfifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36
- Prosper of Aquitaine5th-century Roman Christian writer
- Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoydaughter of Vittorio Emanuele II (1843–1911)
- Mami WataWest African water spirit
- Salomon, King of BrittanyKing of Brittany
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:26
- Sunset
- 20:31
- Length of day
- 15h 5m
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 89 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
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 gibbous
Illumination : 84%
Moon age : 10.5 days
- Next full moon
- June 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
524
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce. Wikipedia
841
In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine. Wikipedia
1530
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany. Wikipedia
1678
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua. Wikipedia
1876
American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Wikipedia
1938
Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland. Wikipedia
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1950
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. Wikipedia
1975
Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. Wikipedia
1975
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India. Wikipedia
1991
The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 25
- 1852Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell and the Sagrada Família (died 1926)
- 1858Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (died 1929)
- 1860Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)
- 1900Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979)
- 1903George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)
- 1923Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (died 1994)
- 1924Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
- 1928Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (died 1992)
Died on this day June 25
- 1673Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (born 1611)aged 62 years
- 1767Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (born 1681)aged 86 years
- 1822E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (born 1776)aged 46 years
- 1876George Armstrong Custer, American general (born 1839)aged 37 years
- 1894Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (born 1837)aged 57 years
- 1971John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880)aged 91 years
- 1984Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (born 1926)aged 58 years
- 1988Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1962)aged 26 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 05:26 and sets at 20:31, giving 15h 5m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 89 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 84% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 25 to Pontius Pilatus, Prosper of Aquitaine and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy.
No United Nations international day falls on June 25. The next one on the calendar is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, on June 26.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce (524); In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine (841). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Antoni Gaudí was born on June 25, 1852; Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan died on June 25, 1673.
183 days remain until Christmas and 190 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 25 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 48%
- of the year elapsed
- 183
- until Christmas
- 190
- until New Year
- 614
- 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