Today
Friday June 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 177/ 365
- Week
- 262,026
- Days left
- 18848%
- Moon
- 90%Waxing gibbous
Today is Friday, June 26, 2026. It is day 177 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 188 remain, and 48% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 26.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Josemaría EscriváSpanish priest, writer and Catholic saint
- Vigilius of Trentbishop, martyr and saint
- Zygmunt GorazdowskiPolish saint from Lwow (1845–1920)
- Pelagius of Cordova10th-century Spanish saint
- John and Paul4th-century Christian martyrs
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- 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 — 88 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 : 90%
Moon age : 11.5 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
363
Roman emperor Julian is fatally wounded by Sassanid troops in a skirmish close to Samarra while retreating from his failed siege of Ctesiphon. Wikipedia
684
Pope Benedict II is consecrated as pope following imperial approval from the Byzantine Emperor. He is the last pope to require the confirmation of the emperor; the next popes require only that of the more closely situated exarch of Ravenna. Wikipedia
1409
Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XIII in Avignon. Wikipedia
1483
Richard III becomes King of England. Wikipedia
1541
Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. Wikipedia
1794
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of the War of the First Coalition. Wikipedia
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1936
Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. Wikipedia
1945
The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California. Wikipedia
1960
Madagascar gains its independence from France. Wikipedia
1963
Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 26
- 1730Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (died 1817)
- 1824William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907)
- 1892Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1899Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
- 1904Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (died 1964)
- 1908Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973)
- 1909Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager, manager and promoter of Elvis Presley (died 1997)
- 1942Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Cultureturns 84 years
Died on this day June 26
- 363Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (born 332)aged 32 years
- 1541Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (born c. 1471)aged 63 years
- 1752Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (born 1664)aged 88 years
- 1810Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740)
- 1830George IV of the United Kingdom (born 1762)aged 68 years
- 1836Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760)aged 76 years
- 1922Albert I, Prince of Monaco (born 1848)aged 74 years
- 1947R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1870)aged 77 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 20:31, giving 15h 5m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 88 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 90% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 26 to Josemaría Escrivá, Vigilius of Trent and Zygmunt Gorazdowski.
June 26 is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 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: Roman emperor Julian is fatally wounded by Sassanid troops in a skirmish close to Samarra while retreating from his failed siege of Ctesiphon (363); Pope Benedict II is consecrated as pope following imperial approval from the Byzantine Emperor (684). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles Messier was born on June 26, 1730; Julian the Apostate died on June 26, 363.
182 days remain until Christmas and 189 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 26 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 48%
- of the year elapsed
- 182
- until Christmas
- 189
- until New Year
- 613
- 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