Today
Sunday March 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 81/ 365
- Week
- 122,026
- Days left
- 28422%
- Moon
- 17%Waxing crescent
Today is Sunday, March 22, 2026. It is day 81 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 284 remain, and 22% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 12.
What's celebrated on this date
World Water Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Clemens August von GalenGerman count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism (1878–1946)
- EpaphroditusBiblical figure & saint, venerated by the Catholic Church
- Basil of AncyraChristian theologian in Ancyra, Galatia
- Saint Leafourth-century saint in the Roman Catholic Church based on the authority of Jerome
- Nicholas OwenJesuit lay brother and martyr
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:56
- Sunset
- 19:10
- Length of day
- 12h 14m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 91 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 17%
Moon age : 3.6 days
- Next full moon
- April 2, 2026
- Next new moon
- April 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Aries
until April 20, 2026 — Taurus
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
1312
Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar. Wikipedia
1621
The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides. Wikipedia
1622
Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. Wikipedia
1765
The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. Wikipedia
1895
Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time. Wikipedia
1945
The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. Wikipedia
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1963
The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me. Wikipedia
2004
Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles. Wikipedia
2016
Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. Wikipedia
2017
A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 22
- 1459Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)
- 1785Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (died 1873)
- 1797William I, German Emperor (died 1888)
- 1857Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932)
- 1908Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died 1991)
- 1912Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
- 1921Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
- 1931William Shatner, Canadian actorturns 95 years
Died on this day March 22
- 1602Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (born 1557)aged 45 years
- 1687Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632)aged 55 years
- 1758Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703)aged 55 years
- 1832Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)aged 83 years
- 1960José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (born 1904)aged 56 years
- 2001William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910)aged 91 years
- 2005Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913)aged 92 years
- 2006Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921)aged 85 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 06:56 and sets at 19:10, giving 12h 14m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 91 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 17% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 22 to Clemens August von Galen, Epaphroditus and Basil of Ancyra.
March 22 is World Water Day, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar (1312); The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides (1621). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Maximilian I was born on March 22, 1459; Agostino Carracci died on March 22, 1602.
278 days remain until Christmas and 285 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 22 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 22%
- of the year elapsed
- 278
- until Christmas
- 285
- until New Year
- 709
- 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