Today
Friday May 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 142/ 365
- Week
- 212,026
- Days left
- 22339%
- Moon
- 41%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, May 22, 2026. It is day 142 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 223 remain, and 39% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 21.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day for Biological Diversity
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint Nicholas4th-century Christian bishop and saint
- Saint Christophersaint in the Catholic and Orthodox church
- Jovan VladimirSerbian prince of Duklja, Serbian Orthodox Christian saint (990-1016)
- Julia of CorsicaCarthaginian martyr
- QuiteriaGallo-Roman saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:33
- Sunset
- 20:13
- Length of day
- 14h 40m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 30 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 crescent
Illumination : 41%
Moon age : 5.8 days
- Next full moon
- May 31, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Gemini
until June 21, 2026 — Cancer
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
1377
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe. Wikipedia
1455
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England. Wikipedia
1629
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
1762
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg. Wikipedia
1809
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is defeated in a major battle for the first time in his career, and repelled by an enemy army for the first time in a decade. Wikipedia
1939
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel. Wikipedia
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1960
The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Wikipedia
1968
The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores. Wikipedia
1990
North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen. Wikipedia
2017
Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 22
- 1808Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (died 1855)
- 1813Richard Wagner, German composer (died 1883)
- 1844Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (died 1926)
- 1859Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (died 1930)
- 1885Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (died 1924)
- 1919Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2001)
- 1927George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
- 1943Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Died on this day May 22
- 337Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (born 272)aged 65 years
- 1540Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (born 1483)aged 57 years
- 1885Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802)aged 83 years
- 1910Jules Renard, French author and playwright (born 1864)aged 46 years
- 1932Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)aged 80 years
- 1939Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (born 1893)aged 46 years
- 1983Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)aged 84 years
- 1997Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)aged 89 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 05:33 and sets at 20:13, giving 14h 40m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 30 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 41% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 22 to Saint Nicholas, Saint Christopher and Jovan Vladimir.
May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity, 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: Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe (1377); Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England (1455). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Gérard de Nerval was born on May 22, 1808; Constantine the Great died on May 22, 337.
217 days remain until Christmas and 224 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 22 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 39%
- of the year elapsed
- 217
- until Christmas
- 224
- until New Year
- 648
- 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