Today
Monday November 16 2026
- Day of the year
- 320/ 365
- Week
- 472,026
- Days left
- 4588%
- Moon
- 43%Waxing crescent
Today is Monday, November 16, 2026. It is day 320 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 45 remain, and 88% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 47.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day for Tolerance
WorldwideUNESCO — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Matthew the ApostleChristian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
- Saint Margaret of ScotlandQueen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093
- Gertrude the GreatRoman Catholic Saint
- Othmarmonk and priest
- Agnes of AssisiPoor Clare abbess
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:44
- Sunset
- 16:37
- Length of day
- 9h 53m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:41
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 35 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 : 43%
Moon age : 7.4 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
1532
Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca. Wikipedia
1632
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War. Wikipedia
1855
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe. Wikipedia
1907
Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1940
World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. Wikipedia
1940
The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. Wikipedia
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1945
UNESCO is founded. Wikipedia
1965
Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. Wikipedia
1973
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. Wikipedia
2022
Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 16
- 1436Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (died 1521)
- 1717Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1793)
- 1873W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (died 1958)
- 1892Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1953)
- 1895Paul Hindemith, German composer, violist and conductor (died 1963)
- 1922Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (died 2015)
- 1922José Saramago, Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (died 2010)
- 1924Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (died 2014)
Died on this day November 16
- 1093Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045)aged 48 years
- 1272Henry III of England (born 1207)aged 65 years
- 1745James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1665)aged 80 years
- 1797Frederick William II of Prussia (born 1744)aged 53 years
- 1885Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1844)aged 41 years
- 1960Clark Gable, American actor (born 1901)aged 59 years
- 1999Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)aged 71 years
- 2006Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)aged 94 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 06:44 and sets at 16:37, giving 9h 53m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 35 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 43% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 16 to Matthew the Apostle, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude the Great.
November 16 is International Day for Tolerance, designated by the United Nations or one of its agencies.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca (1532); King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War (1632). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Leonardo Loredan was born on November 16, 1436; Saint Margaret of Scotland died on November 16, 1093.
39 days remain until Christmas and 46 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 16 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 88%
- of the year elapsed
- 39
- until Christmas
- 46
- until New Year
- 470
- 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