Today
Tuesday November 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 307/ 365
- Week
- 452,026
- Days left
- 5884%
- Moon
- 30%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. It is day 307 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 58 remain, and 84% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 45.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- November 5World Tsunami Awareness Day
- November 10World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 14World Diabetes Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Martin de PorresDominican lay brother and saint
- HubertusChristian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)
- Saint MalachyIrish archbishop (1094-1148)
- Saint PirminGerman saint
- Rupert MayerGerman Jesuit priest and leading figure of the Catholic resistance movement in Nazi Germany in Munich (1876-1945)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:29
- Sunset
- 16:50
- Length of day
- 10h 21m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 48 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Veterans Day — November 11, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 30%
Moon age : 24.0 days
- Next full moon
- November 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- November 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
1493
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. Wikipedia
1534
English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Wikipedia
1838
The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. Wikipedia
1935
George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite. Wikipedia
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected as President of the United States. Wikipedia
1957
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. Wikipedia
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1973
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. Wikipedia
1978
Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1986
Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Wikipedia
1992
Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day November 3
- 1618Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (died 1707)
- 1757Robert Smith, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State (died 1842)
- 1801Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (died 1859)
- 1877Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile (died 1960)
- 1900Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (died 1978)
- 1912Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (died 2006)
- 1926Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuaniaturns 100 years
- 1933Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 93 years
Died on this day November 3
- 361Constantius II, Roman emperor (born 317)aged 44 years
- 1254John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (born 1193)aged 62 years
- 1584Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (born 1538)aged 46 years
- 1600Richard Hooker, English priest and theologian (born 1554)aged 46 years
- 1639Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (born 1579)aged 60 years
- 1993Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (born 1895)aged 97 years
- 1998Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (born 1915)aged 83 years
- 2025Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States (born 1941)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 06:29 and sets at 16:50, giving 10h 21m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 48 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 30% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 3 to Martin de Porres, Hubertus and Saint Malachy.
No United Nations international day falls on November 3. The next one on the calendar is World Tsunami Awareness Day, on November 5.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea (1493); English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church (1534). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Aurangzeb was born on November 3, 1618; Constantius II died on November 3, 361.
52 days remain until Christmas and 59 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 3 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 84%
- of the year elapsed
- 52
- until Christmas
- 59
- until New Year
- 483
- 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