Today
Monday June 29 2026
- Day of the year
- 180/ 365
- Week
- 272,026
- Days left
- 18549%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Monday, June 29, 2026. It is day 180 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 185 remain, and 49% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 27.
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.
- Saint Peterapostle of Jesus Christ
- Feast of Saints Peter and Paulanniversary
- Hemma of GurkCarinthian princess, founder of Catholic churches and monasteries, and saint
- Geroarchbishop of Cologne
- Theodoros of TabennaEgyptian monk (-368)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:28
- Sunset
- 20:31
- Length of day
- 15h 3m
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 85 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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 14.5 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
1149
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. Wikipedia
1444
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll. Wikipedia
1534
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. Wikipedia
1613
The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground. Wikipedia
1880
France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie". Wikipedia
1888
George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. Wikipedia
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1976
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1986
The Argentina national football team wins the FIFA World Cup held in Mexico after defeating the West Germany national football team by a score of 3–2 in the final at the Estadio Azteca. Wikipedia
1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. Wikipedia
2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 29
- 1517Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)
- 1798Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (died 1837)
- 1880Ludwig Beck, German general (died 1944)
- 1886Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1963)
- 1900Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (died 1944)
- 1901Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (died 1967)
- 1925Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)
- 1945Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lankaturns 81 years
Died on this day June 29
- 1852Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777)aged 75 years
- 1861Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (born 1806)aged 55 years
- 1875Ferdinand I of Austria (born 1793)aged 82 years
- 1895Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (born 1825)aged 70 years
- 1940Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1879)aged 61 years
- 1941Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)aged 81 years
- 1967Jayne Mansfield, American actress (born 1933)aged 34 years
- 2015Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)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 05:28 and sets at 20:31, giving 15h 3m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 85 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 29 to Saint Peter, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul and Hemma of Gurk.
No United Nations international day falls on June 29. 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: Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi (1149); Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll (1444). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Rembert Dodoens was born on June 29, 1517; Henry Clay died on June 29, 1852.
179 days remain until Christmas and 186 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 29 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 49%
- of the year elapsed
- 179
- until Christmas
- 186
- until New Year
- 610
- 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