Today
Tuesday May 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 125/ 365
- Week
- 192,026
- Days left
- 24034%
- Moon
- 87%Waning gibbous
Today is Tuesday, May 5, 2026. It is day 125 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 240 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.
- Gotthard of Hildesheim11th‑century German Benedictine abbot and bishop of Hildesheim, Cluniac reformer and Catholic saint
- Hilary of Arlesbishop of Arles
- Angelus of JerusalemChristian saint
- Edmund Ignatius Ricefounder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
- Nunzio SulprizioItalian artisan (1817-1836)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:49
- Sunset
- 19:56
- Length of day
- 14h 7m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 47 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 : 87%
Moon age : 18.2 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
553
The Second Council of Constantinople begins. Wikipedia
1260
Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. Wikipedia
1835
The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. Wikipedia
1862
Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. Wikipedia
1936
March of the Iron Will: Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Wikipedia
1941
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day. Wikipedia
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1961
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. Wikipedia
1972
Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. Wikipedia
1980
Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege. Wikipedia
2023
The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 5
- 1813Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (died 1855)
- 1818Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (died 1883)
- 1826Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (died 1920)
- 1846Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
- 1864Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (died 1922)
- 1869Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (died 1949)
- 1919Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1999)
- 1921Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
Died on this day May 5
- 1821Napoleon, French general and emperor (born 1769)aged 52 years
- 1959Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)aged 81 years
- 1977Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)aged 80 years
- 1981Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer, died on hunger strike (born 1954)aged 27 years
- 1995Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (born 1911)aged 84 years
- 2002Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (born 1926)aged 76 years
- 2007Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (born 1927)aged 80 years
- 2010Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)aged 59 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 05:49 and sets at 19:56, giving 14h 7m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 47 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 87% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 5 to Gotthard of Hildesheim, Hilary of Arles and Angelus of Jerusalem.
No United Nations international day falls on May 5. 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: The Second Council of Constantinople begins (553); Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire (1260). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Søren Kierkegaard was born on May 5, 1813; Napoleon died on May 5, 1821.
234 days remain until Christmas and 241 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 5 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 34%
- of the year elapsed
- 234
- until Christmas
- 241
- until New Year
- 665
- 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