Today
Monday November 9 2026
- Day of the year
- 313/ 365
- Week
- 462,026
- Days left
- 5286%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Monday, November 9, 2026. It is day 313 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 52 remain, and 86% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 46.
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.
- Theodore of AmaseaAnatolian saint
- Symeon the Metaphrast10th century Byzantine historian and hagiographer
- Nectarius of AeginaMetropolitan of Pentapolis (1846–1920)
- Elizabeth of the TrinityFrench Carmelite nun and mystic
- Virgin of Almudenamedieval icon of the Virgin Mary
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:36
- Sunset
- 16:44
- Length of day
- 10h 7m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 11:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 42 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
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 30.0 days
- Next full moon
- November 24, 2026
- Next new moon
- December 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
1313
Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf. Wikipedia
1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government. Wikipedia
1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic. Wikipedia
1923
In Munich, police and government troops crush the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch. Wikipedia
1938
Kristallnacht occurs, instigated by the Nazis using the killing of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan as justification. Wikipedia
1965
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965. Wikipedia
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1967
Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy. Wikipedia
1989
Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin. Wikipedia
1993
Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Wikipedia
2005
The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day November 9
- 1818Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (died 1883)
- 1832Émile Gaboriau, French author and journalist (died 1873)
- 1841Edward VII of the United Kingdom (died 1910)
- 1888Jean Monnet, French economist and diplomat (died 1979)
- 1914Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor (died 2000)
- 1918Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (died 1996)
- 1929Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1934Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Swedenturns 92 years
Died on this day November 9
- 959Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor (born 905)aged 54 years
- 1918Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)aged 38 years
- 1937Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1866)aged 71 years
- 1940Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1869)aged 71 years
- 1970Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (born 1890)aged 80 years
- 1985Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (born 1946)aged 39 years
- 1991Yves Montand, Italian-French actor (born 1921)aged 70 years
- 2005K. R. Narayanan, Indian journalist and politician, 10th President of India (born 1921)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 06:36 and sets at 16:44, giving 10h 7m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 42 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on December 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches November 9 to Theodore of Amasea, Symeon the Metaphrast and Nectarius of Aegina.
No United Nations international day falls on November 9. 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: Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf (1313); Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government (1799). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Ivan Turgenev was born on November 9, 1818; Constantine VII died on November 9, 959.
46 days remain until Christmas and 53 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — November 9 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 86%
- of the year elapsed
- 46
- until Christmas
- 53
- until New Year
- 477
- 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