Today
Thursday October 1 2026
- Day of the year
- 274/ 365
- Week
- 402,026
- Days left
- 9175%
- Moon
- 71%Waning gibbous
Today is Thursday, October 1, 2026. It is day 274 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 91 remain, and 75% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 40.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Older Persons
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Thérèse of LisieuxFrench Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
- Romanos the MelodistGreek hymnographer
- Saint BavoRoman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
- Juan de Palafox y MendozaSpanish Roman Catholic archbishop and Viceroy of New Spain (1600-1659)
- NicetiusBishop of Trier
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:53
- Sunset
- 18:38
- Length of day
- 11h 46m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:46
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 81 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Columbus Day — October 12, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 71%
Moon age : 20.5 days
- Next full moon
- October 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- October 10, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Libra
until October 23, 2026 — Scorpio
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
-331
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Wikipedia
1800
Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later. Wikipedia
1890
Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress. Wikipedia
1936
Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. Wikipedia
1938
Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. Wikipedia
1946
Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials. Wikipedia
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1971
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. Wikipedia
1985
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg. Wikipedia
2017
Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide. Wikipedia
2017
An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 1
- 1685Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1740)
- 1847Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (died 1933)
- 1903Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (died 1989)
- 1920Walter Matthau, American actor (died 2000)
- 1924Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
- 1924William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (died 2005)
- 1956Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estoniaturns 70 years
- 1966George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberiaturns 60 years
Died on this day October 1
- 959Eadwig, English king (born 941)aged 19 years
- 1404Pope Boniface IX (born 1356)aged 48 years
- 1684Pierre Corneille, French playwright (born 1606)aged 78 years
- 1929Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (born 1861)aged 68 years
- 1990Curtis LeMay, American general (born 1906)aged 84 years
- 2012Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)aged 95 years
- 2013Tom Clancy, American author (born 1947)aged 66 years
- 2018Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)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 06:53 and sets at 18:38, giving 11h 46m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 81 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 71% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 1 to Thérèse of Lisieux, Romanos the Melodist and Saint Bavo.
October 1 is International Day of Older Persons, 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: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela (-331); Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later (1800). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Charles VI was born on October 1, 1685; Eadwig died on October 1, 959.
85 days remain until Christmas and 92 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 1 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 75%
- of the year elapsed
- 85
- until Christmas
- 92
- until New Year
- 516
- 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