Today
Saturday November 28 2026
- Day of the year
- 332/ 365
- Week
- 482,026
- Days left
- 3391%
- Moon
- 78%Waning gibbous
Today is Saturday, November 28, 2026. It is day 332 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 33 remain, and 91% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 48.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- December 1World AIDS Day
- December 2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Gregory III90th Pope of the Catholic Church
- MauriceByzantine Emperor (539-602)
- Sostheneschief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth
- James of the MarchesItalian Friar Minor, preacher and writer
- Jacob Bar-SalibiSyriac Orthodox Church bishop and scholar (died 1171)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:58
- Sunset
- 16:30
- Length of day
- 9h 32m−1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:44
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 23 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Christmas Day — December 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 78%
Moon age : 19.4 days
- Next full moon
- December 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
1443
Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag. Wikipedia
1520
After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia
1905
Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland. Wikipedia
1912
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy. Wikipedia
1960
Mauritania becomes independent of France. Wikipedia
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1964
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. Wikipedia
1975
Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal. Wikipedia
1979
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Wikipedia
2016
LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 28
- 1489Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, wife of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541)
- 1632Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (died 1687)
- 1757William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827)
- 1820Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895)
- 1829Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1894)
- 1881Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942)
- 1929Berry Gordy, American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Recordsturns 97 years
- 1950Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureateturns 76 years
Died on this day November 28
- 741Pope Gregory IIIaged 41 years
- 1680Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1598)aged 82 years
- 1694Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644)aged 50 years
- 1859Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783)aged 76 years
- 1954Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)aged 53 years
- 1968Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897)aged 71 years
- 1994Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (born 1960)aged 34 years
- 2010Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1926)aged 84 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 06:58 and sets at 16:30, giving 9h 32m of daylight — 1 minute less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 23 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 78% illuminated. The next full moon falls on December 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 28 to Gregory III, Maurice and Sosthenes.
No United Nations international day falls on November 28. The next one on the calendar is World AIDS Day, on December 1.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag (1443); After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean (1520). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Margaret Tudor was born on November 28, 1489; Pope Gregory III died on November 28, 741.
27 days remain until Christmas and 34 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 28 falls under the sign of Sagittarius.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 91%
- of the year elapsed
- 27
- until Christmas
- 34
- until New Year
- 458
- 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