Today
Sunday June 7 2026
- Day of the year
- 158/ 365
- Week
- 232,026
- Days left
- 20743%
- Moon
- 58%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, June 7, 2026. It is day 158 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 207 remain, and 43% 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 8World Oceans Day
- June 12World Day Against Child Labour
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Gottschalkprince of the Obotrite confederacy
- Anne of Saint BartholomewSpanish Discalced Carmelite nun (1550-1626)
- Antonio Maria GianelliItalian Roman Catholic bishop and saint (1789 – 1846)
- Theodotus of Ancyra4th‑century Galatian innkeeper and martyr, Christian saint, sheltered persecuted Christians during the Diocletianic persecution
- Robert of NewminsterSaint of the Roman Catholic Church
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:25
- Length of day
- 15h 0m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 14 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 : 58%
Moon age : 21.8 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
1002
Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany. Wikipedia
1099
First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. Wikipedia
1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. Wikipedia
1654
Louis XIV is crowned King of France. Wikipedia
1880
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). Wikipedia
1917
World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops. Wikipedia
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1929
The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory. Wikipedia
1948
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state. Wikipedia
1981
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 7
- 1840Carlota of Mexico (died 1927)
- 1848Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (died 1903)
- 1868Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect (died 1928)
- 1896Imre Nagy, Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1958)
- 1897George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1970)
- 1909Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (died 1994)
- 1917Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (died 1995)
- 1920Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician (died 1997)
Died on this day June 7
- 1329Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (born 1274)aged 55 years
- 1492Casimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 (born 1427)aged 65 years
- 1843Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet and author (born 1770)aged 73 years
- 1937Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (born 1911)aged 26 years
- 1954Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1912)aged 42 years
- 2001Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)aged 94 years
- 2006Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant (born 1966)aged 40 years
- 2013Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928)aged 85 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 05:25 and sets at 20:25, giving 15h 0m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 14 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 58% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 7 to Gottschalk, Anne of Saint Bartholomew and Antonio Maria Gianelli.
No United Nations international day falls on June 7. The next one on the calendar is World Oceans Day, on June 8.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany (1002); First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins (1099). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Carlota of Mexico was born on June 7, 1840; Robert the Bruce died on June 7, 1329.
201 days remain until Christmas and 208 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 7 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 43%
- of the year elapsed
- 201
- until Christmas
- 208
- until New Year
- 632
- 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