Today
Thursday March 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 85/ 365
- Week
- 132,026
- Days left
- 28023%
- Moon
- 60%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, March 26, 2026. It is day 85 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 280 remain, and 23% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 13.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- April 2World Autism Awareness Day
- April 7World Health Day
- April 12International Day of Human Space Flight
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Gabrielangel in Abrahamic religions
- LudgerBishop of Münster in Westfalen
- Braulio of Zaragozabishop of Zaragoza
- Castulussaint
- William of Norwichboy whose murder was falsely blamed on the Jews of Norwich
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:49
- Sunset
- 19:14
- Length of day
- 12h 25m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:02
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 87 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 gibbous
Illumination : 60%
Moon age : 7.6 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
1244
The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus. Wikipedia
1812
An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela. Wikipedia
1885
The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada. Wikipedia
1942
The Holocaust: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces. Wikipedia
1971
East Pakistan, then a province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh War of Independence begins. Wikipedia
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1975
The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. Wikipedia
1979
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia
1991
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. Wikipedia
1997
Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 26
- 1516Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (died 1565)
- 1753Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1814)
- 1875Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (died 1965)
- 1893Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (died 1964)
- 1914William Westmoreland, American general, commander during the Vietnam War (died 2005)
- 1940Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representativesturns 86 years
- 1951Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 75 years
- 1973Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Googleturns 53 years
Died on this day March 26
- 1350Alfonso XI of Castile (born 1312)aged 39 years
- 1726John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (born 1664)aged 62 years
- 1902Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (born 1853)aged 49 years
- 1945David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1863)aged 82 years
- 1957Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1872)aged 85 years
- 2003Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1927)aged 76 years
- 2005James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1912)aged 93 years
- 2015Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)aged 84 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 06:49 and sets at 19:14, giving 12h 25m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 87 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 60% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 26 to Gabriel, Ludger and Braulio of Zaragoza.
No United Nations international day falls on March 26. The next one on the calendar is World Autism Awareness Day, on April 2.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus (1244); An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela (1812). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Conrad Gessner was born on March 26, 1516; Alfonso XI of Castile died on March 26, 1350.
274 days remain until Christmas and 281 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 26 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 23%
- of the year elapsed
- 274
- until Christmas
- 281
- until New Year
- 705
- 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