Today
Friday March 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 65/ 365
- Week
- 102,026
- Days left
- 30018%
- Moon
- 89%Waning gibbous
Today is Friday, March 6, 2026. It is day 65 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 300 remain, and 18% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 10.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 20International Day of Happiness
- March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Julian of Toledo7th-century Spanish archbishop and saint
- ChrodegangFrankish bishop of Metz
- Rose of Viterbosaint of third order of Francis (Franciscan tertiary)
- Fridolin of SäckingenIrish missionary
- Saint Colette15th c. French abbess: founded Colettine Poor Clares
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:22
- Sunset
- 17:53
- Length of day
- 11h 31m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:07
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 14 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
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 89%
Moon age : 17.2 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
1447
Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447. Wikipedia
1788
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement. Wikipedia
1820
The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. Wikipedia
1836
Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of over 1,800 Mexican troops, the 257 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured. Wikipedia
1857
The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later. Wikipedia
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1945
World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins. Wikipedia
1957
The Ghana Independence Act 1957 is passed in the United Kingdom resulting in Ghana gaining independence from the British. Wikipedia
1975
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute. Wikipedia
1987
The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 6
- 1340John of Gaunt (probable; d. 1399)
- 1405John II of Castile (died 1454)
- 1475Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1564)
- 1619Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright (died 1655)
- 1779Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general (died 1869)
- 1904José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (died 1960)
- 1927Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
- 1932Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)
Died on this day March 6
- 1531Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (born 1440)aged 91 years
- 1900Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (born 1834)aged 66 years
- 1950Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (born 1871)aged 79 years
- 1973Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)aged 81 years
- 1994Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (born 1920)aged 74 years
- 1997Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (born 1918)aged 79 years
- 2005Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)aged 99 years
- 2016Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)aged 95 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 06:22 and sets at 17:53, giving 11h 31m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 14 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 89% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 6 to Julian of Toledo, Chrodegang and Rose of Viterbo.
No United Nations international day falls on March 6. The next one on the calendar is International Women's Day, on March 8.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447 (1447); The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement (1788). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
John of Gaunt was born on March 6, 1340; Pedro Arias Dávila died on March 6, 1531.
294 days remain until Christmas and 301 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 6 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 18%
- of the year elapsed
- 294
- until Christmas
- 301
- until New Year
- 725
- 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