Today
Saturday November 21 2026
- Day of the year
- 325/ 365
- Week
- 472,026
- Days left
- 4089%
- Moon
- 89%Waxing gibbous
Today is Saturday, November 21, 2026. It is day 325 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 40 remain, and 89% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 47.
What's celebrated on this date
World Television Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Michaelarchangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings
- Gelasius IBishop of Rome from 492 to 496
- Amalberga of Maubeugesaint
- Our Lady of Good Healthtitle of Mary
- Rufus of ThebesNumbered among the Seventy Disciples
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:50
- Sunset
- 16:34
- Length of day
- 9h 44m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:42
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 30 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 gibbous
Illumination : 89%
Moon age : 12.4 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
235
Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. Wikipedia
1386
Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive. Wikipedia
1783
In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. Wikipedia
1789
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1894
Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants. Wikipedia
1920
Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Wikipedia
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1964
The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span. Wikipedia
1995
The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wikipedia
2002
NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. Wikipedia
2017
Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day November 21
- 1694Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (died 1778)
- 1840Victoria, Princess Royal of England (died 1901)
- 1852Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1909)
- 1854Pope Benedict XV (died 1922)
- 1898René Magritte, Belgian painter (died 1967)
- 1924Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (died 2020)
- 1943Jacques Laffite, French race car driverturns 83 years
- 1944Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Died on this day November 21
- 1011Reizei, emperor of Japan (born 950)aged 61 years
- 1150García Ramírez of Navarre (born 1112)aged 38 years
- 1695Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (born 1659)aged 36 years
- 1881Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (born 1794)aged 87 years
- 1899Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (born 1844)aged 55 years
- 1970C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)aged 82 years
- 1996Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)aged 70 years
- 2006Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (born 1916)aged 90 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 06:50 and sets at 16:34, giving 9h 44m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 30 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 89% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 21 to Michael, Gelasius I and Amalberga of Maubeuge.
November 21 is World Television Day, 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: Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope (235); Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive (1386). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Voltaire was born on November 21, 1694; Reizei died on November 21, 1011.
34 days remain until Christmas and 41 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 21 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 89%
- of the year elapsed
- 34
- until Christmas
- 41
- until New Year
- 465
- 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