Today
Sunday March 8 2026
- Day of the year
- 67/ 365
- Week
- 102,026
- Days left
- 29818%
- Moon
- 75%Waning gibbous
Today is Sunday, March 8, 2026. It is day 67 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 298 remain, and 18% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 10.
What's celebrated on this date
International Women's Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- John of GodPortuguese soldier turned health-care worker, canonized by the Catholic Church (1495–1550)
- Wincenty KadłubekPolish Roman Catholic monk, bishop and blessed (c. 1150 – 8 March 1223)
- Felix of Burgundy7th-century Bishop of Dunwich and saint
- Senán mac GeirrcinnIrish saint
- Stephen of ObazineFrench saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:19
- Sunset
- 18:55
- Length of day
- 11h 36m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:07
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 12 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 : 75%
Moon age : 19.2 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
1126
Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. Wikipedia
1910
French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. Wikipedia
1917
International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar). Wikipedia
1921
Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid. Wikipedia
1937
Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army. Wikipedia
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1963
The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état. Wikipedia
1965
Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. Wikipedia
1983
Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". Wikipedia
2014
In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day March 8
- 1495John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (died 1550)
- 1714Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (died 1788)
- 1748William V, Prince of Orange (died 1806)
- 1761Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815)
- 1879Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
- 1886Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)
- 1907Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, President of Greece (died 1998)
- 1937Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (died 1994)
Died on this day March 8
- 1126Urraca of León and Castile (born 1079)aged 45 years
- 1844Charles XIV John of Sweden (born 1763)aged 81 years
- 1869Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (born 1803)aged 66 years
- 1874Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (born 1800)aged 74 years
- 1889John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer (born 1803)aged 86 years
- 1917Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman (born 1838)aged 79 years
- 1923Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1837)aged 86 years
- 1930William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (born 1857)aged 73 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 07:19 and sets at 18:55, giving 11h 36m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 12 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 75% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on March 19, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 8 to John of God, Wincenty Kadłubek and Felix of Burgundy.
March 8 is International Women's 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: Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León (1126); French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license (1910). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
John of God was born on March 8, 1495; Urraca of León and Castile died on March 8, 1126.
292 days remain until Christmas and 299 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 8 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 18%
- of the year elapsed
- 292
- until Christmas
- 299
- until New Year
- 723
- 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