Today
Tuesday March 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 69/ 365
- Week
- 112,026
- Days left
- 29619%
- Moon
- 57%Waning gibbous
Today is Tuesday, March 10, 2026. It is day 69 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 296 remain, and 19% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 11.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- March 20International Day of Happiness
- March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 21World Poetry Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Simpliciuspope
- Forty Martyrs of SebasteRoman soldiers and martyrs
- Macarius of Jerusalem4th century Bishop of Jerusalem
- Marie-Eugénie de JésusCatholic Saint and Founder of religious order (1817–1898)
- John OgilvieScottish Jesuit saint and martyr
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:15
- Sunset
- 18:57
- Length of day
- 11h 42m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:06
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 10 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 57%
Moon age : 21.2 days
- Next full moon
- April 2, 2026
- Next new moon
- March 19, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Pisces
until March 21, 2026 — Aries
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
-241
First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. Wikipedia
1496
After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command. Wikipedia
1629
Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule. Wikipedia
1831
The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France. Wikipedia
1876
The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell. Wikipedia
1952
Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. Wikipedia
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1990
In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988. Wikipedia
2006
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. Wikipedia
2017
The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency. Wikipedia
2019
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 10
- 1503Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1564)
- 1604Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch alchemist and chemist (died 1670)
- 1628Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (died 1694)
- 1709Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (died 1746)
- 1928James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998)
- 1936Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and eighth president of FIFAturns 90 years
- 1947Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canadaturns 79 years
- 1952Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (died 2018)
Died on this day March 10
- 1585Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1517)aged 68 years
- 1832Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1752)aged 80 years
- 1861Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (born 1814)aged 47 years
- 1872Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (born 1805)aged 67 years
- 1913Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (born c. 1820)aged 91 years
- 1937Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (born 1884)aged 53 years
- 1940Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891)aged 49 years
- 1966Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)aged 78 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 07:15 and sets at 18:57, giving 11h 42m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 10 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 57% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 10 to Simplicius, Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Macarius of Jerusalem.
No United Nations international day falls on March 10. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Happiness, on March 20.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end (-241); After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command (1496). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Ferdinand I was born on March 10, 1503; Rembert Dodoens died on March 10, 1585.
290 days remain until Christmas and 297 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 10 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 19%
- of the year elapsed
- 290
- until Christmas
- 297
- until New Year
- 721
- 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