Today
Monday May 4 2026
- Day of the year
- 124/ 365
- Week
- 192,026
- Days left
- 24134%
- Moon
- 92%Waning gibbous
Today is Monday, May 4, 2026. It is day 124 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 241 remain, and 34% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 19.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- May 8World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- May 12International Nurses Day
- May 15International Day of Families
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint FlorianAustrian Catholic martyr and saint
- Gotthard of Hildesheim11th‑century German Benedictine abbot and bishop of Hildesheim, Cluniac reformer and Catholic saint
- Forty Martyrs of England and Walesgroup of canonised Catholic martyrs
- Pelagia of TarsusMartyr and saint
- Ceferino Giménez MallaSpanish Romani catechist (1861-1936)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:51
- Sunset
- 19:55
- Length of day
- 14h 5m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 48 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
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 92%
Moon age : 17.2 days
- Next full moon
- May 31, 2026
- Next new moon
- May 16, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Taurus
until May 21, 2026 — Gemini
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
1471
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. Wikipedia
1493
In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. Wikipedia
1886
Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians. Wikipedia
1919
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan. Wikipedia
1932
Having been incarcerated at the Cook County Jail since his sentencing on October 24, 1931, mobster Al Capone is transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta after the U.S. Supreme Court denies his appeal for conviction of tax evasion. Wikipedia
1942
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before. Wikipedia
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1949
The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash. Wikipedia
1970
Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South V Wikipedia
1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1994
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 4
- 1655Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano (died 1731)
- 1825Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic (died 1895)
- 1826Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (died 1900)
- 1928Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt (died 2020)
- 1929Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (died 1993)
- 1939Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author (died 2018)
- 1948King George Tupou V of Tonga (died 2012)
- 1960Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austriaturns 66 years
Died on this day May 4
- 784Arbeo, bishop of Freisingaged 61 years
- 1436Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish rebel leader (27 April O.S.).aged 46 years
- 1471Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (born 1453)aged 18 years
- 1519Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino (born 1492)aged 27 years
- 1938Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (born 1860)aged 78 years
- 1938Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)aged 49 years
- 1972Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)aged 86 years
- 1980Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (born 1892)aged 88 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 05:51 and sets at 19:55, giving 14h 5m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 48 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 92% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 4 to Saint Florian, Gotthard of Hildesheim and Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
No United Nations international day falls on May 4. The next one on the calendar is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, on May 8.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1471); In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation (1493). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Bartolomeo Cristofori was born on May 4, 1655; Arbeo died on May 4, 784.
235 days remain until Christmas and 242 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 4 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 34%
- of the year elapsed
- 235
- until Christmas
- 242
- until New Year
- 666
- 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