Today
Monday May 25 2026
- Day of the year
- 145/ 365
- Week
- 222,026
- Days left
- 22040%
- Moon
- 72%Waxing gibbous
Today is Monday, May 25, 2026. It is day 145 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 220 remain, and 40% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 22.
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.
- Gregory VIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
- BedeAnglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)
- Urban I3rd‑century Roman bishop of Rome, Catholic saint, pope during the reign of Alexander Severus
- Aldhelmabbot of Malmesbury Abbey, bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet
- Magdalena de PazziItalian Carmelite mystic and saint (1566-1607)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:31
- Sunset
- 20:15
- Length of day
- 14h 45m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 27 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayMemorial Day
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 72%
Moon age : 8.8 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
1085
Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors after a siege. Wikipedia
1420
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. Wikipedia
1521
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. Wikipedia
1659
Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England. Wikipedia
1810
May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence. Wikipedia
1895
Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison. Wikipedia
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1946
The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King. Wikipedia
1963
The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Wikipedia
1977
Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in US theaters. Wikipedia
1997
A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 25
- 1048Emperor Shenzong of Song (died 1085)
- 1334Emperor Sukō of Japan (died 1398)
- 1713John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)
- 1803Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (died 1882)
- 1865Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
- 1889Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (died 1972)
- 1907U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (died 1995)
- 1921Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Died on this day May 25
- 709Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (born 639)aged 70 years
- 992Mieszko I of Poland (born 935)
- 1085Pope Gregory VII (born 1020)aged 65 years
- 1681Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1600)aged 81 years
- 1786Peter III of Portugal (born 1717)aged 69 years
- 1934Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874)aged 60 years
- 1954Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (born 1913)aged 41 years
- 2014Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (born 1923)aged 91 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 05:31 and sets at 20:15, giving 14h 45m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 27 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 72% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 25 to Gregory VII, Bede and Urban I.
No United Nations international day falls on May 25. The next one on the calendar is World No-Tobacco Day, on May 31.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Memorial Day.
On this day in history: Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors after a siege (1085); Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ (1420). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Emperor Shenzong of Song was born on May 25, 1048; Aldhelm died on May 25, 709.
214 days remain until Christmas and 221 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 25 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 40%
- of the year elapsed
- 214
- until Christmas
- 221
- until New Year
- 645
- 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