Today
Friday June 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 156/ 365
- Week
- 232,026
- Days left
- 20943%
- Moon
- 77%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, June 5, 2026. It is day 156 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 209 remain, and 43% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 23.
What's celebrated on this date
World Environment Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint Boniface8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’
- Euphrosyne of PolotskBelarusian saint and abbess
- Dorotheus of Gazaancient Greek monk
- Ferdinand the Holy Princeinfante of the Kingdom of Portugal (1402–1443)
- Dorotheus of TyreSyrian bishop of Tyre and saint (c. 255 – 362)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:26
- Sunset
- 20:24
- Length of day
- 14h 58m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 16 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 : 77%
Moon age : 19.8 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
1288
The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors. Wikipedia
1832
The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe. Wikipedia
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. Wikipedia
1900
Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. Wikipedia
1947
Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. Wikipedia
1963
Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers. Wikipedia
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1967
The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. Wikipedia
1995
The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created. Wikipedia
2017
Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO. Wikipedia
2017
Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 5
- 1341Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1402)
- 1412Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (died 1478)
- 1646Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1684)
- 1819John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)
- 1878Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (died 1923)
- 1900Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
- 1939Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th prime minister of Canadaturns 87 years
- 1995Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuberturns 31 years
Died on this day June 5
- 754Boniface, English missionary and martyr (born 675)aged 79 years
- 1316Louis X, king of France (born 1289)aged 27 years
- 1816Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (born 1741)aged 76 years
- 1826Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)aged 40 years
- 1921Georges Feydeau, French playwright (born 1862)aged 59 years
- 1993Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)aged 60 years
- 1999Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)aged 74 years
- 2004Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th president of the United States (born 1911)aged 93 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 20:24, giving 14h 58m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 16 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 77% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 5 to Saint Boniface, Euphrosyne of Polotsk and Dorotheus of Gaza.
June 5 is World Environment Day, 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: The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors (1288); The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe (1832). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Edmund of Langley was born on June 5, 1341; Boniface died on June 5, 754.
203 days remain until Christmas and 210 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 5 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 43%
- of the year elapsed
- 203
- until Christmas
- 210
- until New Year
- 634
- 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