Today
Wednesday June 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 154/ 365
- Week
- 232,026
- Days left
- 21142%
- Moon
- 91%Waning gibbous
Today is Wednesday, June 3, 2026. It is day 154 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 211 remain, and 42% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 23.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 5World Environment Day
- June 8World Oceans Day
- June 12World Day Against Child Labour
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Helena Augustasaint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)
- Clotildesaint and second wife of the Frankish king Clovis I
- Karoli LwangaUgandan catechist and martyr (1865–1886)
- Kevin of GlendaloughIrish saint
- Pope Achillas of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria from 312 to 313
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:26
- Sunset
- 20:22
- Length of day
- 14h 56m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:54
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 18 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 91%
Moon age : 17.8 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 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
350
The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. Wikipedia
713
The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army. Wikipedia
1621
The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. Wikipedia
1839
In Humen, China, Lin Zexu destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. Wikipedia
1844
The last pair of great auks is killed. Wikipedia
1861
American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. Wikipedia
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1937
The Duke of Windsor (the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom) marries Wallis Simpson. Wikipedia
1965
The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. Wikipedia
1973
A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. Wikipedia
2006
The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 3
- 1540Charles II, Archduke of Austria (died 1590)
- 1808Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (died 1889)
- 1865George V of the United Kingdom (died 1936)
- 1877Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (died 1953)
- 1906Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
- 1910Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)
- 1931Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cubaturns 95 years
- 1946Michael Clarke, American drummer (died 1993) [citation needed]
Died on this day June 3
- 1875Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (born 1838)aged 37 years
- 1924Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883)aged 41 years
- 1963Pope John XXIII (born 1881)aged 82 years
- 1975Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1901)aged 74 years
- 1977Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)aged 71 years
- 1977Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)aged 91 years
- 1989Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900)aged 87 years
- 1990Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (born 1927)aged 63 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 20:22, giving 14h 56m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 18 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 91% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 3 to Helena Augusta, Clotilde and Karoli Lwanga.
No United Nations international day falls on June 3. The next one on the calendar is World Environment Day, on June 5.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators (350); The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace (713). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles II was born on June 3, 1540; Georges Bizet died on June 3, 1875.
205 days remain until Christmas and 212 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 3 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 42%
- of the year elapsed
- 205
- until Christmas
- 212
- until New Year
- 636
- 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