Today
Wednesday March 18 2026
- Day of the year
- 77/ 365
- Week
- 122,026
- Days left
- 28821%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Wednesday, March 18, 2026. It is day 77 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 288 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.
- Edward the MartyrKing of the English (975-978)
- Cyril of JerusalemChristian theologian, bishop, and saint (c. 313 – 386)
- Nikolaj VelimirovićSerbian bishop and saint (1880–1956)
- Alexander of JerusalemChristian bishop and saint
- Braulio of Zaragozabishop of Zaragoza
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:02
- Sunset
- 19:06
- Length of day
- 12h 4m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 2 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
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 29.2 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
37
Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor. Wikipedia
1229
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade. Wikipedia
1314
Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. Wikipedia
1871
Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris. Wikipedia
1913
King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki. Wikipedia
1915
World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles. Wikipedia
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1922
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two. Wikipedia
1962
The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954. Wikipedia
1965
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. Wikipedia
1970
Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 18
- 1495Mary Tudor, Queen of France (died 1533)
- 1828Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908)
- 1837Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (died 1908)
- 1858Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (died 1913)
- 1869Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940)
- 1928Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines (died 2022)
- 1936F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
- 1959Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorpturns 67 years
Died on this day March 18
- 978Edward the Martyr, English king (born 962)aged 15 years
- 1227Pope Honorius III (born 1148)aged 79 years
- 1745Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1676)aged 69 years
- 1781Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1727)aged 54 years
- 1907Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1827)aged 80 years
- 1947William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (born 1861)aged 86 years
- 1977Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (born 1938)aged 39 years
- 2003Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (born 1939)aged 64 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 07:02 and sets at 19:06, giving 12h 4m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 2 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 18 to Edward the Martyr, Cyril of Jerusalem and Nikolaj Velimirović.
No United Nations international day falls on March 18. 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: Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor (37); Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade (1229). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Mary Tudor was born on March 18, 1495; Edward the Martyr died on March 18, 978.
282 days remain until Christmas and 289 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 18 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 21%
- of the year elapsed
- 282
- until Christmas
- 289
- until New Year
- 713
- 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