Today
Friday March 13 2026
- Day of the year
- 72/ 365
- Week
- 112,026
- Days left
- 29320%
- Moon
- 29%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, March 13, 2026. It is day 72 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 293 remain, and 20% 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.
- Nikephoros I of Constantinoplepatriarch of Constantinople
- Helena DragašByzantine empress
- Leander of Sevillebishop of Seville
- Irmã Dulce PontesBrazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992)
- Ansovinusbishop of Camerino
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:10
- Sunset
- 19:00
- Length of day
- 11h 50m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:05
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 7 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 crescent
Illumination : 29%
Moon age : 24.2 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
1697
Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. Wikipedia
1781
William Herschel discovers Uranus. Wikipedia
1809
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809. Wikipedia
1900
British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War. Wikipedia
1920
The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin. Wikipedia
1930
The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory. Wikipedia
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1943
The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. Wikipedia
1954
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam. Wikipedia
1969
Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module. Wikipedia
2013
The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 13
- 1372Louis I, Duke of Orléans (died 1407)
- 1615Innocent XII, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1700)
- 1720Charles Bonnet, Swiss historian and author (died 1793)
- 1741Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1790)
- 1781Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German painter and architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (died 1841)
- 1855Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician (died 1916)
- 1900Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
- 1911L. Ron Hubbard, American author, founder of Scientology (died 1986)
Died on this day March 13
- 1711Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (born 1636)aged 75 years
- 1719Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (born 1682)aged 37 years
- 1854Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (born 1773)aged 81 years
- 1879Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (born 1818)aged 61 years
- 1881Alexander II of Russia (born 1818)aged 63 years
- 1901Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (born 1833)aged 68 years
- 1906Susan B. Anthony, American activist (born 1820)aged 86 years
- 1975Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)aged 83 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 07:10 and sets at 19:00, giving 11h 50m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 7 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 29% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 13 to Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Helena Dragaš and Leander of Seville.
No United Nations international day falls on March 13. 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: Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1697); William Herschel discovers Uranus (1781). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Louis I was born on March 13, 1372; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux died on March 13, 1711.
287 days remain until Christmas and 294 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 13 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 20%
- of the year elapsed
- 287
- until Christmas
- 294
- until New Year
- 718
- 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