Today
Sunday November 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 326/ 365
- Week
- 472,026
- Days left
- 3989%
- Moon
- 95%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, November 22, 2026. It is day 326 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 39 remain, and 89% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 47.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- November 25International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- December 1World AIDS Day
- December 2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Saint CeciliaRoman Catholic saint, martyr and patron saint of music
- Mikhail of TverGrand Prince of Vladimir
- PhilemonNew Testament person
- Seven Slavic Saintscreators and proliferators of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets
- Anna KolesárováSlovak martyr and Blessed
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:51
- Sunset
- 16:33
- Length of day
- 9h 42m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:42
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 29 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 : 95%
Moon age : 13.4 days
- Next full moon
- November 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- December 9, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Sagittarius
until December 22, 2026 — Capricorn
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
1307
Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets. Wikipedia
1574
Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. Wikipedia
1943
Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. Wikipedia
1955
The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk. Wikipedia
1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards. Wikipedia
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1967
UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement. Wikipedia
1975
Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier. Wikipedia
1990
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership. Wikipedia
2004
The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 22
- 1428Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (died 1471)
- 1602Elisabeth of France (died 1644)
- 1808Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (died 1892)
- 1819George Eliot, English novelist and poet (died 1880)
- 1869André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
- 1890Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (died 1970)
- 1904Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
- 1917Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Died on this day November 22
- 1718Blackbeard, English pirate (born 1680)aged 38 years
- 1900Arthur Sullivan, English composer (born 1842)aged 58 years
- 1916Jack London, American novelist and journalist (born 1876)aged 40 years
- 1944Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (born 1882)aged 62 years
- 1963John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (born 1917)aged 46 years
- 1963Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (born 1894)aged 69 years
- 1963C. S. Lewis, British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (born 1898)aged 65 years
- 2011Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (born 1938)aged 73 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 06:51 and sets at 16:33, giving 9h 42m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 29 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 95% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 22 to Saint Cecilia, Mikhail of Tver and Philemon.
No United Nations international day falls on November 22. The next one on the calendar is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on November 25.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets (1307); Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile (1574). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Richard Neville was born on November 22, 1428; Blackbeard died on November 22, 1718.
33 days remain until Christmas and 40 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 22 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 89%
- of the year elapsed
- 33
- until Christmas
- 40
- until New Year
- 464
- 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