Today
Wednesday May 27 2026
- Day of the year
- 147/ 365
- Week
- 222,026
- Days left
- 21840%
- Moon
- 88%Waxing gibbous
Today is Wednesday, May 27, 2026. It is day 147 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 218 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.
- Augustine of Canterbury6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
- Lojze GrozdeSlovenian writer, poet and blessed (1923-1943)
- BrunoChancellor of Italy and Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
- Eutropius of OrangeRoman Catholic bishop and saint
- Frederick of LiegeBishop of Liege and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:29
- Sunset
- 20:17
- Length of day
- 14h 48m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 25 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 88%
Moon age : 10.8 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
1644
Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. Wikipedia
1703
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. Wikipedia
1813
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. Wikipedia
1883
Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. Wikipedia
1905
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. Wikipedia
1937
In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. Wikipedia
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1940
World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. Wikipedia
1941
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Wikipedia
2006
The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 27
- 1332Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)
- 1537Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (died 1604)
- 1626William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650)
- 1756Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825)
- 1897John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
- 1911Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978)
- 1918Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2019)
- 1923Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
Died on this day May 27
- 927Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)aged 62 years
- 1564John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (born 1509)aged 55 years
- 1610François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578)aged 32 years
- 1797François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (born 1760)aged 37 years
- 1840Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)aged 58 years
- 1964Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)aged 75 years
- 1987John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)aged 96 years
- 2003Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925)aged 78 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 05:29 and sets at 20:17, giving 14h 48m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 25 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 88% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 27 to Augustine of Canterbury, Lojze Grozde and Bruno.
No United Nations international day falls on May 27. 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: Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing (1644); Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg (1703). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Ibn Khaldun was born on May 27, 1332; Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor died on May 27, 927.
212 days remain until Christmas and 219 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 27 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 40%
- of the year elapsed
- 212
- until Christmas
- 219
- until New Year
- 643
- 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