Today
Friday May 29 2026
- Day of the year
- 149/ 365
- Week
- 222,026
- Days left
- 21641%
- Moon
- 97%Waxing gibbous
Today is Friday, May 29, 2026. It is day 149 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 216 remain, and 41% 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.
- Paul VIpope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
- Helena DragašByzantine empress
- Alexander of JerusalemChristian bishop and saint
- Ursula LedóchowskaRoman Catholic missionary and saint (1865–1939)
- Joseph GérardFrench Catholic missionary (1831-1914)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:28
- Sunset
- 20:19
- Length of day
- 14h 50m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 23 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 : 97%
Moon age : 12.8 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
363
The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. Wikipedia
1176
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. Wikipedia
1453
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Roman Empire after over 2,000 years. Wikipedia
1660
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. Wikipedia
1913
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a near-riot. Wikipedia
1914
The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives. Wikipedia
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1919
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin. Wikipedia
1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. Wikipedia
1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. Wikipedia
2005
France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 29
- 1421Charles, Prince of Viana (died 1461)
- 1627Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (died 1693)
- 1630Charles II of England (died 1685)
- 1716Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist (died 1800)
- 1917John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (died 1963)
- 1920John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
- 1926Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegalturns 100 years
- 1929Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Died on this day May 29
- 1500Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1451)aged 33 years
- 1910Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)aged 73 years
- 1958Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)aged 77 years
- 1979Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of United Artists (born 1892)aged 87 years
- 1982Romy Schneider, German-French actress (born 1938)aged 44 years
- 1994Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician, leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (born 1912)aged 82 years
- 1997Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1966)aged 31 years
- 2011Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (born 1949)aged 62 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 05:28 and sets at 20:19, giving 14h 50m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 23 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 97% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 29 to Paul VI, Helena Dragaš and Alexander of Jerusalem.
No United Nations international day falls on May 29. 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 Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city (363); Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I (1176). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles was born on May 29, 1421; Bartolomeu Dias died on May 29, 1500.
210 days remain until Christmas and 217 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 29 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 41%
- of the year elapsed
- 210
- until Christmas
- 217
- until New Year
- 641
- 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