Today
Friday October 16 2026
- Day of the year
- 289/ 365
- Week
- 422,026
- Days left
- 7679%
- Moon
- 32%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, October 16, 2026. It is day 289 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 76 remain, and 79% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 42.
What's celebrated on this date
World Food Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Margaret Mary AlacoqueCatholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)
- LonginusRoman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus
- Hedwig of SilesiaDuchess of Silesia (1174–1243)
- Saint GallIrish disciple and saint
- Gerard MajellaItalian Redemptorist lay brother and saint (1729-1755)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:09
- Sunset
- 18:14
- Length of day
- 11h 6m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:42
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 66 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
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 32%
Moon age : 6.0 days
- Next full moon
- October 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- November 9, 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
1793
French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed. Wikipedia
1793
War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge. Wikipedia
1813
The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the four-day Battle of Leipzig. Wikipedia
1817
Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni, uncovered the Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. Wikipedia
1843
William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers. Wikipedia
1923
Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as The Walt Disney Company. Wikipedia
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1946
Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging. Wikipedia
1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Wikipedia
1998
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant. Wikipedia
2002
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 16
- 1430James II of Scotland (died 1460)
- 1483Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1542)
- 1758Noah Webster, American lexicographer (died 1843)
- 1841Itō Hirobumi, Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1909)
- 1863Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
- 1886David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (died 1973)
- 1888Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
- 1927Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Died on this day October 16
- 1628François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (born 1555)aged 73 years
- 1793Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (born 1755)aged 38 years
- 1959George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880)aged 79 years
- 1981Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (born 1915)aged 66 years
- 2003László Papp, Hungarian boxer (born 1926)aged 77 years
- 2007Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (born 1921)aged 86 years
- 2024Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (born 1993)aged 31 years
- 2024Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas (born 1962)aged 62 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 07:09 and sets at 18:14, giving 11h 6m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 66 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 32% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 16 to Margaret Mary Alacoque, Longinus and Hedwig of Silesia.
October 16 is World Food 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: French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed (1793); War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge (1793). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
James II of Scotland was born on October 16, 1430; François de Malherbe died on October 16, 1628.
70 days remain until Christmas and 77 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 16 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 79%
- of the year elapsed
- 70
- until Christmas
- 77
- until New Year
- 501
- 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