Today
Tuesday June 9 2026
- Day of the year
- 160/ 365
- Week
- 242,026
- Days left
- 20544%
- Moon
- 37%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, June 9, 2026. It is day 160 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 205 remain, and 44% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 24.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 12World Day Against Child Labour
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
- June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Cyril of AlexandriaPatriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444
- Ephrem the SyrianSyriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373)
- Joseph of AnchietaSpanish Jesuit missionary (1534-1597)
- Columba6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”
- Anna Maria TaigiBeatified Italian (1769-1837)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:26
- 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 — 12 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 crescent
Illumination : 37%
Moon age : 23.8 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
68
Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. Wikipedia
721
Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. Wikipedia
1311
Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. Wikipedia
1772
The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Wikipedia
1815
End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set. Wikipedia
1923
Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. Wikipedia
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1928
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks. Wikipedia
1957
First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. Wikipedia
1999
Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 9
- 1595Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648)
- 1781George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848)
- 1843Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
- 1891Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
- 1915Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
- 1916Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009)
- 1929Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (died 1954)
- 1934Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
Died on this day June 9
- 373Ephrem the Syrian, hymnographer and theologian (born 306)aged 67 years
- 597Columba, Irish missionary and saint (born 521)aged 76 years
- 1572Jeanne d'Albret, Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (born 1528)aged 44 years
- 1597José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534)aged 63 years
- 1834William Carey, English minister and missionary (born 1761)aged 73 years
- 1870Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (born 1812)aged 58 years
- 1959Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)aged 83 years
- 1974Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)aged 75 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 20:26, giving 15h 1m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 12 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 37% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 9 to Cyril of Alexandria, Ephrem the Syrian and Joseph of Anchieta.
No United Nations international day falls on June 9. The next one on the calendar is World Day Against Child Labour, on June 12.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors (68); Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse (721). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Władysław IV Vasa was born on June 9, 1595; Ephrem the Syrian died on June 9, 373.
199 days remain until Christmas and 206 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 9 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 44%
- of the year elapsed
- 199
- until Christmas
- 206
- until New Year
- 630
- 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