Today
Tuesday March 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 62/ 365
- Week
- 102,026
- Days left
- 30317%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Tuesday, March 3, 2026. It is day 62 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 303 remain, and 17% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 10.
What's celebrated on this date
World Wildlife Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Cunigunde of LuxembourgLuxembourgian noble and saint (978–1039)
- Katharine DrexelAmerican Catholic sister and saint
- Anselm, Duke of FriuliMedieval abbot
- Teresa Eustoquio VerzeriItalian nun (1801–1852)
- Concepción Cabrera de ArmidaPeruan Catholic mystic
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:26
- Sunset
- 17:49
- Length of day
- 11h 23m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:08
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 17 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 14.2 days
- Next full moon
- April 2, 2026
- Next new moon
- March 19, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Pisces
until March 21, 2026 — Aries
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
473
Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1845
Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1878
The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano. Wikipedia
1918
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi. Wikipedia
1923
US magazine Time publishes its first issue. Wikipedia
1924
The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. Wikipedia
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1945
World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. Wikipedia
1969
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. Wikipedia
1974
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. Wikipedia
1991
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 3
- 1520Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575)
- 1606Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (died 1687)
- 1756William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836)
- 1847Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922)
- 1895Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
- 1918Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
- 1930Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025)
- 1964Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985turns 62 years
Died on this day March 3
- 1459Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (born 1397)aged 59 years
- 1554John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)aged 51 years
- 1768Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)aged 82 years
- 1792Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (born 1728)aged 64 years
- 1932Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864)aged 68 years
- 1966William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887)aged 79 years
- 1999Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)aged 95 years
- 2010Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)aged 97 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 06:26 and sets at 17:49, giving 11h 23m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 17 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 3 to Cunigunde of Luxembourg, Katharine Drexel and Anselm, Duke of Friuli.
March 3 is World Wildlife 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: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire (473); Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state (1845). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Matthias Flacius was born on March 3, 1520; Ausiàs March died on March 3, 1459.
297 days remain until Christmas and 304 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 3 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 17%
- of the year elapsed
- 297
- until Christmas
- 304
- until New Year
- 728
- 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