Today
Thursday October 29 2026
- Day of the year
- 302/ 365
- Week
- 442,026
- Days left
- 6383%
- Moon
- 84%Waning gibbous
Today is Thursday, October 29, 2026. It is day 302 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 63 remain, and 83% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 44.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- October 31World Cities Day
- November 5World Tsunami Awareness Day
- November 10World Science Day for Peace and Development
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Chiara BadanoItalian Blessed
- Maria Restituta KafkaFranciscan nun and nurse; Nazi critic; victim of execution in Nazi-run Austria
- Narcissus of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem, saint
- Gaetano ErricoItalian saint (1791–1860)
- James HanningtonAnglican missionary and saint (1847-1885)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:23
- Sunset
- 17:56
- Length of day
- 10h 33m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 53 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 gibbous
Illumination : 84%
Moon age : 19.0 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
1888
The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. Wikipedia
1914
World War I : the Ottoman Empire enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. Wikipedia
1918
World War I: the German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19. Wikipedia
1929
Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression. Wikipedia
1955
The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk sinks after probably striking a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol, with a loss of more than 600 sailers. Wikipedia
1956
Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. Wikipedia
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1969
The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. Wikipedia
1991
The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. Wikipedia
1998
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time. Wikipedia
2018
A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board. This is the first of two crashes that will lead to the plane being grounded worldwide. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 29
- 1740James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (died 1795)
- 1879Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1969)
- 1882Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (died 1944)
- 1891Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (died 1951)
- 1897Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (died 1945)
- 1899Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (died 1972)
- 1920Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
- 1938Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureateturns 88 years
Died on this day October 29
- 1268Conradin, King of Sicily (born 1252)aged 16 years
- 1618Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1554)aged 64 years
- 1783Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1717)aged 66 years
- 1877Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (born 1821)aged 56 years
- 1911Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (born 1847)aged 64 years
- 1950Gustaf V of Sweden (born 1858)aged 92 years
- 1971Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)aged 25 years
- 1997Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (born 1930)aged 67 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 07:23 and sets at 17:56, giving 10h 33m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 53 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 84% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 29 to Chiara Badano, Maria Restituta Kafka and Narcissus of Jerusalem.
No United Nations international day falls on October 29. The next one on the calendar is World Cities Day, on October 31.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace (1888); World War I : the Ottoman Empire enters the war on the side of the Central Powers (1914). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
James Boswell was born on October 29, 1740; Conradin died on October 29, 1268.
57 days remain until Christmas and 64 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 29 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 83%
- of the year elapsed
- 57
- until Christmas
- 64
- until New Year
- 488
- 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