Today
Monday June 8 2026
- Day of the year
- 159/ 365
- Week
- 242,026
- Days left
- 20644%
- Moon
- 48%Last quarter
Today is Monday, June 8, 2026. It is day 159 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 206 remain, and 44% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 24.
What's celebrated on this date
World Oceans Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Medardusbishop of Vermandois
- Mariam Thresia Chiramel20th‑century Indian Syro‑Malabar nun and foundress, Catholic saint, known for stigmata and family apostolate
- ChlodulfFrench bishop and saint
- Jacques BerthieuFrench Jesuit missionary (1838–1896)
- István SándorHungarian Catholic layman, martyr and Blessed Catholic (1914–1953)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:25
- Length of day
- 15h 1m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 13 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
Last quarter
Illumination : 48%
Moon age : 22.8 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
218
Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. Wikipedia
1783
Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. Wikipedia
1794
Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France. Wikipedia
1867
Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich). Wikipedia
1887
Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator. Wikipedia
1941
World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant. Wikipedia
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1949
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States Wikipedia
1967
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded. Wikipedia
1968
James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport. Wikipedia
1972
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured in a photograph moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 8
- 1625Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1712)
- 1671Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)
- 1810Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (died 1856)
- 1867Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (died 1959)
- 1921Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (died 2008)
- 1925Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (died 2018)
- 1955Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Webturns 71 years
- 1983Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.turns 43 years
Died on this day June 8
- 632Muhammad, the central figure of Islam. (born 570/571)aged 61 years
- 1042Harthacnut, English-Danish king (born 1018)aged 24 years
- 1376Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (born 1330)aged 46 years
- 1714Sophia of Hanover, German nobility, ancestress of all British Monarchs since 1714 (born 1630)aged 84 years
- 1809Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)aged 72 years
- 1845Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (born 1767)aged 78 years
- 1970Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (born 1908)aged 61 years
- 2009Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)aged 74 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 1m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 13 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is at last quarter, 48% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 8 to Medardus, Mariam Thresia Chiramel and Chlodulf.
June 8 is World Oceans 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: Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus (218); Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine (1783). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born on June 8, 1625; Muhammad died on June 8, 632.
200 days remain until Christmas and 207 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 8 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 44%
- of the year elapsed
- 200
- until Christmas
- 207
- until New Year
- 631
- 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