Today
Friday May 15 2026
- Day of the year
- 135/ 365
- Week
- 202,026
- Days left
- 23037%
- Moon
- 2%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, May 15, 2026. It is day 135 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 230 remain, and 37% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 20.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Families
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Athanasius of AlexandriaPope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)
- Isidore the LaborerSpanish farmer and saint
- Dmitry of UglichRussian tsarevich (1582–1591)
- Hallvard VebjørnssonNorwegian martyr, saint patron of Oslo
- Achillius of Larissabishop and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:39
- Sunset
- 20:06
- Length of day
- 14h 27m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:52
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 37 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
Waning crescent
Illumination : 2%
Moon age : 28.2 days
- Next full moon
- May 31, 2026
- Next new moon
- May 16, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Taurus
until May 21, 2026 — Gemini
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
392
Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. Wikipedia
1252
Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Wikipedia
1525
Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer are defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. Wikipedia
1891
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. Wikipedia
1932
In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi, is assassinated. Wikipedia
1940
World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. Wikipedia
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1957
At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. Wikipedia
1963
Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. Wikipedia
1974
Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. Wikipedia
1988
Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 15
- 1567Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (died 1643)
- 1773Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (died 1859)
- 1856L. Frank Baum, American novelist (died 1919)
- 1859Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906)
- 1862Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (died 1931)
- 1905Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (died 1970)
- 1905Joseph Cotten, American actor (died 1994)
- 1937Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (died 2022)
Died on this day May 15
- 392Valentinian II, Roman emperor (born 371)aged 21 years
- 1036Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 1008)aged 28 years
- 1879Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (born 1803)aged 76 years
- 1886Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (born 1830)aged 56 years
- 1978Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)aged 84 years
- 1994Gilbert Roland, American actor (born 1905)aged 89 years
- 2007Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933)aged 74 years
- 2014Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940)aged 74 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 05:39 and sets at 20:06, giving 14h 27m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 37 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 2% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 15 to Athanasius of Alexandria, Isidore the Laborer and Dmitry of Uglich.
May 15 is International Day of Families, 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: Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast (392); Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition (1252). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Claudio Monteverdi was born on May 15, 1567; Valentinian II died on May 15, 392.
224 days remain until Christmas and 231 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 15 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 37%
- of the year elapsed
- 224
- until Christmas
- 231
- until New Year
- 655
- 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