Today
Thursday November 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 309/ 365
- Week
- 452,026
- Days left
- 5685%
- Moon
- 13%Waning crescent
Today is Thursday, November 5, 2026. It is day 309 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 56 remain, and 85% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 45.
What's celebrated on this date
World Tsunami Awareness Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- James the JustJewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
- Bernhard LichtenbergGerman Roman Catholic priest, theologian, martyr and blessed (1875–1943)
- Guido Maria ConfortiItalian archbishop, canonized 2011
- Philologus of Sinopeancient Christian saint numbered among the Seventy Disciples
- Shtjefën KurtiAlbanian priest (1898–1971)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:31
- Sunset
- 16:48
- Length of day
- 10h 16m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 46 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 : 13%
Moon age : 26.0 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
1605
Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. Wikipedia
1757
Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. Wikipedia
1912
Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft. Wikipedia
1914
World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
1916
The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Wikipedia
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term. Wikipedia
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1968
Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States. Wikipedia
1996
Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States. Wikipedia
2006
Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims. Wikipedia
2024
Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 5
- 1494Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1576)
- 1855Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist (died 1913)
- 1893Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer (died 1986)
- 1905Joel McCrea, American actor (died 1990)
- 1911Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist and actor (died 1998)
- 1913Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967)
- 1917Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (died 2000)
- 1931Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2007)
Died on this day November 5
- 1879James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (born 1831)aged 48 years
- 1977René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (born 1926)aged 51 years
- 1977Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (born 1902)aged 75 years
- 1991Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (born 1908)aged 83 years
- 1992Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)aged 92 years
- 1997Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909)aged 88 years
- 2006Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1925)aged 81 years
- 2007Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1922)aged 85 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 06:31 and sets at 16:48, giving 10h 16m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 46 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 13% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 5 to James the Just, Bernhard Lichtenberg and Guido Maria Conforti.
November 5 is World Tsunami Awareness 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: Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England (1605); Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach (1757). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Hans Sachs was born on November 5, 1494; James Clerk Maxwell died on November 5, 1879.
50 days remain until Christmas and 57 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 5 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 85%
- of the year elapsed
- 50
- until Christmas
- 57
- until New Year
- 481
- 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