Today
Friday March 27 2026
- Day of the year
- 86/ 365
- Week
- 132,026
- Days left
- 27924%
- Moon
- 70%Waxing gibbous
Today is Friday, March 27, 2026. It is day 86 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 279 remain, and 24% 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.
- Rupert of SalzburgFrankish bishop
- Francesco Faà di BrunoItalian priest (1825–1888)
- John of EgyptEgyptian hermit
- Matrona of Barcelona3rd-century saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Abibus of Edessamartyr
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:47
- Sunset
- 19:15
- Length of day
- 12h 28m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 86 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 : 70%
Moon age : 8.6 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
1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. Wikipedia
1625
Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. Wikipedia
1814
War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Wikipedia
1836
Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas. Wikipedia
1941
World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. Wikipedia
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1958
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
1964
The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. Wikipedia
1977
Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. Wikipedia
1993
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 27
- 1845Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1923)
- 1847Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
- 1863Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1933)
- 1886Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (died 1969)
- 1901Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
- 1912James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2005)
- 1917Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (died 2002)
- 1941Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakiaturns 85 years
Died on this day March 27
- 1378Pope Gregory XI (born 1336)aged 47 years
- 1462Vasily II of Moscow (born 1415)aged 47 years
- 1482Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1457)aged 25 years
- 1625James VI and I of the United Kingdom (born 1566)aged 59 years
- 1757Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (born 1717)aged 40 years
- 1770Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (born 1696)aged 74 years
- 1850Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (born 1797)aged 53 years
- 2006Rudolf Vrba, Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (born 1924)aged 82 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 06:47 and sets at 19:15, giving 12h 28m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 86 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 70% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 27 to Rupert of Salzburg, Francesco Faà di Bruno and John of Egypt.
No United Nations international day falls on March 27. 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: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida (1513); Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France (1625). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845; Pope Gregory XI died on March 27, 1378.
273 days remain until Christmas and 280 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 27 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 24%
- of the year elapsed
- 273
- until Christmas
- 280
- until New Year
- 704
- 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