Today
Saturday May 9 2026
- Day of the year
- 129/ 365
- Week
- 192,026
- Days left
- 23635%
- Moon
- 52%Last quarter
Today is Saturday, May 9, 2026. It is day 129 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 236 remain, and 35% 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 12International Nurses Day
- May 15International Day of Families
- May 17World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Isaiahbiblical character
- Pachomius the GreatEgyptian saint
- Louise Marillacco-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)
- Carmen RendilesVenezuelan Religious Sister, foundress and saint of the Catholic Church
- Karolina GerhardingerBavarian sister, educator (1797–1879)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:45
- Sunset
- 20:00
- Length of day
- 14h 15m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:52
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 43 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
Last quarter
Illumination : 52%
Moon age : 22.2 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
1386
England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force. Wikipedia
1502
Christopher Columbus sets off from Cádiz for his fourth voyage. Wikipedia
1671
Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Wikipedia
1873
Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression. Wikipedia
1926
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim). Wikipedia
1941
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. Wikipedia
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1946
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. Wikipedia
1950
Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. Wikipedia
1955
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Wikipedia
1960
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 9
- 1147Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
- 1740Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; (died 1816)
- 1837Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)
- 1860J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (died 1937)
- 1874Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (died 1939)
- 1883José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
- 1892Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (died 1989)
- 1895Richard Barthelmess, American actor (died 1963)
Died on this day May 9
- 1707Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (born 1637)aged 70 years
- 1805Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (born 1759)aged 46 years
- 1931Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)aged 79 years
- 1976Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (born 1934)aged 42 years
- 1978Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1916)aged 62 years
- 1986Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1914)aged 72 years
- 2004Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (born 1951)aged 53 years
- 2020Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)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 05:45 and sets at 20:00, giving 14h 15m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 43 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is at last quarter, 52% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 9 to Isaiah, Pachomius the Great and Louise Marillac.
No United Nations international day falls on May 9. The next one on the calendar is International Nurses Day, on May 12.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force (1386); Christopher Columbus sets off from Cádiz for his fourth voyage (1502). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Minamoto no Yoritomo was born on May 9, 1147; Dieterich Buxtehude died on May 9, 1707.
230 days remain until Christmas and 237 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 9 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 35%
- of the year elapsed
- 230
- until Christmas
- 237
- until New Year
- 661
- 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