Today
Sunday June 28 2026
- Day of the year
- 179/ 365
- Week
- 262,026
- Days left
- 18649%
- Moon
- 98%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, June 28, 2026. It is day 179 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 186 remain, and 49% 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
- July 11World Population Day
- July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Paul Ipope (700-767)
- Irenaeus2nd-century Greek bishop and Doctor of the Church
- Lazar HrebeljanovićMedieval Serbian ruler
- Rich man and Lazarusparable of Jesus (Luke 16:19–31) about the relationship, during life and after death, between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus
- Vincenza GerosaItalian saint (1784-1847)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 20:31
- Length of day
- 15h 4m
- Solar noon
- 12:59
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 86 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 : 98%
Moon age : 13.5 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
1098
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. Wikipedia
1519
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1841
The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier. Wikipedia
1914
Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I. Wikipedia
1919
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. Wikipedia
1940
Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum. Wikipedia
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1942
World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue. Wikipedia
1948
Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform. Wikipedia
1969
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. Wikipedia
2016
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 28
- 1476Pope Paul IV (died 1559)
- 1491Henry VIII, King of England (died 1547)
- 1577Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (died 1640)
- 1641Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, consort to King John III Sobieski (died 1716)
- 1867Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
- 1883Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (died 1945)
- 1940Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 86 years
- 1957Georgi Parvanov, Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th President of Bulgariaturns 69 years
Died on this day June 28
- 1757Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (born 1687)[citation needed]aged 70 years
- 1813Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (born 1755)aged 58 years
- 1836James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (born 1751)aged 85 years
- 1914Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg (born 1868)aged 46 years
- 1914Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria (born 1863)aged 51 years
- 1971Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (born 1908)aged 63 years
- 1975Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)aged 51 years
- 2007Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1919)aged 88 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 4m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 86 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 98% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 28 to Paul I, Irenaeus and Lazar Hrebeljanović.
No United Nations international day falls on June 28. The next one on the calendar is World Population Day, on July 11.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch (1098); Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1519). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Paul IV was born on June 28, 1476; Sophia Dorothea of Hanover died on June 28, 1757.
180 days remain until Christmas and 187 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 28 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 49%
- of the year elapsed
- 180
- until Christmas
- 187
- until New Year
- 611
- 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