Today
Wednesday November 11 2026
- Day of the year
- 315/ 365
- Week
- 462,026
- Days left
- 5086%
- Moon
- 5%Waxing crescent
Today is Wednesday, November 11, 2026. It is day 315 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 50 remain, and 86% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 46.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- November 14World Diabetes Day
- November 16International Day for Tolerance
- November 19World Toilet Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Martin of ToursChristian saint
- Vincent of Saragossasaint and martyr
- Theodore the StuditeByzantine saint
- Stefan Uroš IIIKing of Serbia from 1322 to 1331
- Menas of EgyptEgyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:38
- Sunset
- 16:42
- Length of day
- 10h 3m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 40 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayVeterans Day
Next public holiday : Thanksgiving Day — November 26, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 5%
Moon age : 2.4 days
- Next full moon
- November 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- December 9, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Scorpio
until November 22, 2026 — Sagittarius
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
1620
The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. Wikipedia
1675
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). Wikipedia
1887
Four convicted anarchists were executed as a result of the Haymarket affair. Wikipedia
1889
The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States. Wikipedia
1918
World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne. Wikipedia
1918
Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. Wikipedia
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1930
Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. Wikipedia
1940
World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. Wikipedia
1965
Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia. Wikipedia
2000
Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 11
- 1050Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1106)
- 1154Sancho I of Portugal (died 1212)
- 1579Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (died 1657)
- 1668Johann Albert Fabricius, German author and scholar (died 1736)
- 1743Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (died 1828)
- 1748Charles IV of Spain (died 1819)
- 1864Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1921)
- 1945Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaraguaturns 81 years
Died on this day November 11
- 1130Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Portuguese regent (born 1080)aged 50 years
- 1831Nat Turner, American slave and rebel leader (born 1800)aged 31 years
- 1855Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1813)aged 42 years
- 1880Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (born 1855)aged 26 years
- 1880Lucretia Mott, American activist (born 1793)aged 87 years
- 1884Alfred Brehm, German zoologist, author, and illustrator (born 1827)aged 55 years
- 1973Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)aged 78 years
- 2004Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)aged 75 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 06:38 and sets at 16:42, giving 10h 3m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 40 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 5% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 11 to Martin of Tours, Vincent of Saragossa and Theodore the Studite.
No United Nations international day falls on November 11. The next one on the calendar is World Diabetes Day, on November 14.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Veterans Day.
On this day in history: The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod (1620); Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x) (1675). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Henry IV was born on November 11, 1050; Teresa of León died on November 11, 1130.
44 days remain until Christmas and 51 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 11 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 86%
- of the year elapsed
- 44
- until Christmas
- 51
- until New Year
- 475
- 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