Today
Thursday November 12 2026
- Day of the year
- 316/ 365
- Week
- 462,026
- Days left
- 4987%
- Moon
- 11%Waxing crescent
Today is Thursday, November 12, 2026. It is day 316 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 49 remain, and 87% 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.
- Josaphat KuntsevychRuthenian Catholic archbishop, martyr and saint
- John the MercifulPatriarch of Alexandria
- Nilus of SinaiEgyptian saint
- Joseph Barsabbasmale human biblical figure in Acts 1:21-26
- LebuinusApostle of the Frisians
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:40
- Sunset
- 16:41
- Length of day
- 10h 1m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 39 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Thanksgiving Day — November 26, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 11%
Moon age : 3.4 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
1893
Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj. Wikipedia
1927
Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: The Royal Air Force sink the German battleship Tirpitz, moored off Tromsø, Norway. Wikipedia
1948
Aftermath of World War II: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II. Wikipedia
1969
Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre. Wikipedia
1980
The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings. Wikipedia
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1982
USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. Wikipedia
1990
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. Wikipedia
2001
War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops. Wikipedia
2014
The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 12
- 1615Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (died 1691)
- 1815Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (died 1902)
- 1817Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (died 1892)
- 1833Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (died 1887)
- 1840Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (died 1917)
- 1842John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1866Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1925)
- 1915Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (died 1980)
Died on this day November 12
- 607Pope Boniface IIIaged 67 years
- 1035Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (born c.995)aged 41 years
- 1094Duncan II of Scotland (born 1060)aged 34 years
- 1434Louis III of Anjou (born 1403)aged 31 years
- 1555Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (born 1497)aged 72 years
- 1567Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (born 1493)aged 74 years
- 1595John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (born 1532)aged 63 years
- 1671Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (born 1612)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 06:40 and sets at 16:41, giving 10h 1m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 39 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 11% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 12 to Josaphat Kuntsevych, John the Merciful and Nilus of Sinai.
No United Nations international day falls on November 12. The next one on the calendar is World Diabetes Day, on November 14.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj (1893); Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union (1927). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Richard Baxter was born on November 12, 1615; Pope Boniface III died on November 12, 607.
43 days remain until Christmas and 50 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 12 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 87%
- of the year elapsed
- 43
- until Christmas
- 50
- until New Year
- 474
- 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