Today
Tuesday March 24 2026
- Day of the year
- 83/ 365
- Week
- 132,026
- Days left
- 28223%
- Moon
- 37%Waxing crescent
Today is Tuesday, March 24, 2026. It is day 83 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 282 remain, and 23% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 13.
What's celebrated on this date
World Tuberculosis Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Óscar Romerofourth archbishop of San Salvador (1917–1980)
- Bertrada of LaonFrankish queen
- Catherine of VadstenaSwedish noblewoman (c.1332–1381)
- Simon of TrentItalian decanonizated saint
- Patriarch Parthenius III of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1656 to 1657
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:52
- Sunset
- 19:12
- Length of day
- 12h 20m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 89 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 : 37%
Moon age : 5.6 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
1603
James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I. Wikipedia
1603
Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. Wikipedia
1860
Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese chief minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle. Wikipedia
1882
Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. Wikipedia
1972
Direct rule is imposed on Northern Ireland by the Government of the United Kingdom under Edward Heath. Wikipedia
1976
In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Wikipedia
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1980
El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. Wikipedia
1999
Kosovo War: NATO begins attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. Wikipedia
2008
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. Wikipedia
2015
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 24
- 1628Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1685)
- 1808Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano (died 1836)
- 1820Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (died 1891)
- 1829Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (died 1862)
- 1903Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
- 1911Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2006)
- 1919Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore (died 2021)
- 1951Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporationturns 75 years
Died on this day March 24
- 1455Pope Nicholas V (born 1397)aged 58 years
- 1603Elizabeth I of England (born 1533)aged 70 years
- 1776John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (born 1693)aged 83 years
- 1882Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (born 1807)aged 75 years
- 1905Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1828)aged 77 years
- 1916Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1867)aged 49 years
- 1953Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of George V of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (born 1867)aged 86 years
- 2002César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)aged 75 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 06:52 and sets at 19:12, giving 12h 20m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 89 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 37% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 24 to Óscar Romero, Bertrada of Laon and Catherine of Vadstena.
March 24 is World Tuberculosis 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: James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I (1603); Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan (1603). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on March 24, 1628; Pope Nicholas V died on March 24, 1455.
276 days remain until Christmas and 283 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 24 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 23%
- of the year elapsed
- 276
- until Christmas
- 283
- until New Year
- 707
- 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