Today
Tuesday March 31 2026
- Day of the year
- 90/ 365
- Week
- 142,026
- Days left
- 27525%
- Moon
- 98%Waxing gibbous
Today is Tuesday, March 31, 2026. It is day 90 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 275 remain, and 25% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 14.
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.
- Innocent of AlaskaRussian bishop and saint (1797–1879)
- Maria SkobtsovaRussian saint (1891–1945)
- Joan, Countess of ToulouseFrench countess (1220-1271)
- Jonah of MoscowMetropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', 1448-1461
- Hypatius of Gangra
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:41
- Sunset
- 19:19
- Length of day
- 12h 39m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:00
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 82 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 : 98%
Moon age : 12.6 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
307
After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. Wikipedia
1146
Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. Wikipedia
1492
Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile sign the Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, ordering all Jews in their kingdoms to either convert to Christianity or leave the country. Wikipedia
1814
The Sixth Coalition occupies Paris after Napoleon's Grande Armée capitulates. Wikipedia
1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened. Wikipedia
1905
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. Wikipedia
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1931
An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000. Wikipedia
1939
Events preceding World War II in Europe: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pledges British military support to the Second Polish Republic in the event of an invasion by Nazi Germany. Wikipedia
1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. Wikipedia
1970
Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 31
- 1499Pope Pius IV (died 1565)
- 1519Henry II of France (died 1559)
- 1536Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (died 1565)
- 1596René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1650)
- 1872Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (died 1929)
- 1914Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
- 1947César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombiaturns 79 years
- 1948Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureateturns 78 years
Died on this day March 31
- 1567Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1504)aged 63 years
- 1917Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)aged 63 years
- 1945Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)aged 64 years
- 1978Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (born 1899)aged 79 years
- 2001Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)aged 86 years
- 2009Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (born 1927)aged 82 years
- 2016Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950)aged 66 years
- 2016Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)aged 87 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 06:41 and sets at 19:19, giving 12h 39m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 82 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 98% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 31 to Innocent of Alaska, Maria Skobtsova and Joan, Countess of Toulouse.
No United Nations international day falls on March 31. 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: After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian (307); Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade (1146). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Pius IV was born on March 31, 1499; Philip I died on March 31, 1567.
269 days remain until Christmas and 276 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 31 falls under the sign of Aries.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 25%
- of the year elapsed
- 269
- until Christmas
- 276
- until New Year
- 700
- 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