Today
Tuesday March 17 2026
- Day of the year
- 76/ 365
- Week
- 122,026
- Days left
- 28921%
- Moon
- 2%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, March 17, 2026. It is day 76 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 289 remain, and 21% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 12.
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.
- Saint Patrick5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
- Gertrude of NivellesBenedictine abbess and saint (626-659)
- John SarkanderCzech saint
- Ambrosios of AlexandriaChristian saint and theologian (died c.250)
- Gabriel LalemantJesuit missionary (1610-1649)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:04
- Sunset
- 19:05
- Length of day
- 12h 1m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 3 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 : 2%
Moon age : 28.2 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
-45
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. Wikipedia
180
Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius. Wikipedia
455
Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him. Wikipedia
1776
American Revolutionary War: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city. Wikipedia
1805
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy. Wikipedia
1942
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. Wikipedia
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1948
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO. Wikipedia
1950
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". Wikipedia
1969
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Wikipedia
2004
Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 17
- 1231Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)
- 1473James IV of Scotland (died 1513)
- 1834Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (died 1900)
- 1881Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1888Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1961)
- 1907Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1988)
- 1930James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth astronaut to walk on the moon (died 1991)
- 1969Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (died 2010)
Died on this day March 17
- 1040Harold Harefoot, king of Englandaged 24 years
- 1272Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (born 1220)aged 52 years
- 1425Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (born 1407)aged 18 years
- 1516Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (born 1479)aged 37 years
- 1956Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)aged 59 years
- 2005George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (born 1904)aged 101 years
- 2007John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (born 1924)aged 83 years
- 2021John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (born 1959)aged 62 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 07:04 and sets at 19:05, giving 12h 1m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 3 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 2% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 17 to Saint Patrick, Gertrude of Nivelles and John Sarkander.
No United Nations international day falls on March 17. 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: In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda (-45); Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius (180). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Shijō of Japan was born on March 17, 1231; Harold Harefoot died on March 17, 1040.
283 days remain until Christmas and 290 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 17 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 21%
- of the year elapsed
- 283
- until Christmas
- 290
- until New Year
- 714
- 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