Today
Saturday May 23 2026
- Day of the year
- 143/ 365
- Week
- 212,026
- Days left
- 22239%
- Moon
- 52%First quarter
Today is Saturday, May 23, 2026. It is day 143 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 222 remain, and 39% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 21.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- May 31World No-Tobacco Day
- June 1Global Day of Parents
- June 5World Environment Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Mary of Clopasone of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus
- Demetrius I of GeorgiaKing of Kings of Georgia from 1125 to 1156
- Emil KapaunKorean War US Army chaplain, POW, Medal of Honor recipient and Venerable (1916–1951)
- Desiderius of Viennebishop of Vienne
- Michael of SynnadaBishop Synnada
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:32
- Sunset
- 20:14
- Length of day
- 14h 42m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 29 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
First quarter
Illumination : 52%
Moon age : 6.8 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
1040
The Seljuks defeat the Ghaznavids in the battle of Dandanaqan. Wikipedia
1430
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. Wikipedia
1533
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. Wikipedia
1568
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau defeat Jean de Ligne and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War. Wikipedia
1618
The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
1915
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London. Wikipedia
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1934
American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Wikipedia
1949
Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany. Wikipedia
1992
Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history o Wikipedia
1995
The first version of the Java programming language is released. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day May 23
- 1052Philip I of France (died 1108)
- 1707Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
- 1734Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (died 1815)
- 1790Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (died 1842)
- 1795Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (died 1860)
- 1848Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (died 1896)
- 1934Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (died 2005)
- 1949Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (died 2019)
Died on this day May 23
- 1125Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)aged 39 years
- 1498Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (born 1452)aged 46 years
- 1857Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (born 1789)aged 68 years
- 1886Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (born 1795)aged 91 years
- 1906Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)aged 78 years
- 1937John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (born 1839)aged 98 years
- 1945Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior and head of the SS (born 1900)aged 45 years
- 2015John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)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 05:32 and sets at 20:14, giving 14h 42m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 29 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is at first quarter, 52% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 23 to Mary of Clopas, Demetrius I of Georgia and Emil Kapaun.
No United Nations international day falls on May 23. The next one on the calendar is World No-Tobacco Day, on May 31.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Seljuks defeat the Ghaznavids in the battle of Dandanaqan (1040); Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction (1430). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Philip I of France was born on May 23, 1052; Henry V died on May 23, 1125.
216 days remain until Christmas and 223 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 23 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 39%
- of the year elapsed
- 216
- until Christmas
- 223
- until New Year
- 647
- 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