Today
Monday March 23 2026
- Day of the year
- 82/ 365
- Week
- 132,026
- Days left
- 28322%
- Moon
- 26%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, March 23, 2026. It is day 82 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 283 remain, and 22% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 13.
What's celebrated on this date
World Meteorological Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Turibius of MongrovejoSpanish Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1538–1606)
- Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-RayesLebanese saint (1832–1914)
- Joseph OriolSpanish saint
- Dominik TrčkaCzech redemptionist (1886-1959)
- Walter of PontoiseFrench abbot and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:54
- Sunset
- 19:11
- Length of day
- 12h 17m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 90 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 : 26%
Moon age : 4.6 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
1568
The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion. Wikipedia
1775
American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. Wikipedia
1857
Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City. Wikipedia
1919
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement. Wikipedia
1933
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. Wikipedia
1956
Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan. Wikipedia
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1965
NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). Wikipedia
1983
Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. Wikipedia
1994
At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez. Wikipedia
2001
The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 23
- 1749Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1827)
- 1769William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (died 1839)
- 1878Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1934)
- 1881Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1881Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
- 1882Emmy Noether, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (died 1935)
- 1907Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
- 1912Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer, chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle (died 1977)
Died on this day March 23
- 1369Peter, king of Castile and León (born 1334)aged 35 years
- 1555Julius III, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1487)aged 68 years
- 1606Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (born 1547)aged 59 years
- 1842Stendhal, French novelist (born 1783)aged 59 years
- 1953Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (born 1877)aged 76 years
- 1964Peter Lorre, American actor (born 1904)aged 60 years
- 1972Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (born 1895)aged 77 years
- 1994Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (born 1921)aged 73 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 06:54 and sets at 19:11, giving 12h 17m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 90 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 26% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 23 to Turibius of Mongrovejo, Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayes and Joseph Oriol.
March 23 is World Meteorological 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: The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion (1568); American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty or give me death!" – at St (1775). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pierre-Simon Laplace was born on March 23, 1749; Peter died on March 23, 1369.
277 days remain until Christmas and 284 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 23 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 22%
- of the year elapsed
- 277
- until Christmas
- 284
- until New Year
- 708
- 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