Today
Friday November 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 310/ 365
- Week
- 452,026
- Days left
- 5585%
- Moon
- 7%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, November 6, 2026. It is day 310 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 55 remain, and 85% 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 10World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 14World Diabetes Day
- November 16International Day for Tolerance
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Nuno Álvares PereiraPortuguese nobleman
- Paul I of ConstantinopleBishop of Constantinople
- Leonard of NoblacFrankish saint
- Christina von StommelnRoman Catholic mystic and blessed
- Illtud6th-century Welsh saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:33
- Sunset
- 16:47
- Length of day
- 10h 14m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 45 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 : 7%
Moon age : 27.0 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
1792
Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. Wikipedia
1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race. Wikipedia
1900
President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Wikipedia
1936
Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. Wikipedia
1947
Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. Wikipedia
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1963
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm. Wikipedia
1971
The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Wikipedia
1985
Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. Wikipedia
2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day November 6
- 1661Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)
- 1814Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)
- 1851Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)
- 1854John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)
- 1861James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)
- 1932François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
- 1946Sally Field, American actressturns 80 years
- 1948Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
Died on this day November 6
- 1003Pope John XVII
- 1406Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)aged 67 years
- 1672Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)aged 87 years
- 1893Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)aged 53 years
- 1964Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)aged 39 years
- 1978Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (born 1899)aged 79 years
- 1991Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)aged 71 years
- 2015Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)aged 94 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 06:33 and sets at 16:47, giving 10h 14m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 45 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 7% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 6 to Nuno Álvares Pereira, Paul I of Constantinople and Leonard of Noblac.
No United Nations international day falls on November 6. The next one on the calendar is World Science Day for Peace and Development, on November 10.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792); Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C (1860). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles II of Spain was born on November 6, 1661; Pope John XVII died on November 6, 1003.
49 days remain until Christmas and 56 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 6 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 85%
- of the year elapsed
- 49
- until Christmas
- 56
- until New Year
- 480
- 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