Today
Sunday March 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 74/ 365
- Week
- 112,026
- Days left
- 29120%
- Moon
- 13%Waning crescent
Today is Sunday, March 15, 2026. It is day 74 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 291 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.
- Zacharypope
- LonginusRoman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus
- Clemens Maria HofbauerRedemptorist, saint of the Catholic Church (1751–1820)
- Aristobulus of BritanniaAncient Roman saint, mentioned in Romans 16:10, served as missionary to Britain
- Moyutamunicipality of Jutiapa Department, Guatemala
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:07
- Sunset
- 19:03
- Length of day
- 11h 55m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:05
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 5 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 : 13%
Moon age : 26.2 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
-44
The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March. Wikipedia
351
Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East. Wikipedia
493
Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together. Wikipedia
1820
Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state. Wikipedia
1848
A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party. Wikipedia
1917
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. Wikipedia
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1922
After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies. Wikipedia
2019
Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings. Wikipedia
2019
Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 15
- 1493Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (died 1567)
- 1638Shunzhi Emperor of China (died 1661)
- 1767Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (died 1845)
- 1830Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
- 1830Élisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (died 1905)
- 1854Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
- 1920E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
- 1967Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moonturns 59 years
Died on this day March 15
- 220Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesmanaged 65 years
- 493Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (born 433)aged 60 years
- 1190Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (born 1170)aged 20 years
- 1820Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (born 1751)aged 69 years
- 1842Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (born 1760)aged 82 years
- 1898Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (born 1813)aged 85 years
- 1962Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)aged 70 years
- 2004John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)aged 79 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 07:07 and sets at 19:03, giving 11h 55m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 5 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 13% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 15 to Zachary, Longinus and Clemens Maria Hofbauer.
No United Nations international day falls on March 15. 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: The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March (-44); Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East (351). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Anne de Montmorency was born on March 15, 1493; Cao Cao died on March 15, 220.
285 days remain until Christmas and 292 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 15 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 20%
- of the year elapsed
- 285
- until Christmas
- 292
- until New Year
- 716
- 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