Today
Saturday October 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 276/ 365
- Week
- 402,026
- Days left
- 8976%
- Moon
- 49%Last quarter
Today is Saturday, October 3, 2026. It is day 276 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 89 remain, and 76% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 40.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- October 5World Teachers' Day
- October 9World Post Day
- October 10World Mental Health Day
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)
- Dionysius the AreopagiteGreek bishop and saint
- Pope Dionysius of AlexandriaHead of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264
- Edmund of ScotlandScottish prince
- Théodore GuérinCatholic saint and nun from France (1798-1856)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:55
- Sunset
- 18:35
- Length of day
- 11h 40m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:45
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 79 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
Last quarter
Illumination : 49%
Moon age : 22.5 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
-42
Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost. Wikipedia
1574
The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen. Wikipedia
1918
Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. Wikipedia
1929
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I. Wikipedia
1935
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia. Wikipedia
1942
A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude. Wikipedia
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1952
The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power. Wikipedia
1962
Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight. Wikipedia
1990
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day. Wikipedia
1993
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 3
- 1804Allan Kardec, French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (died 1869)
- 1867Pierre Bonnard, French painter (died 1947)
- 1869Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (died 1942)
- 1886Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (died 1914)
- 1889Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)
- 1897Louis Aragon, French author and poet (died 1982)
- 1919James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
- 1925Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 2012)
Died on this day October 3
- 1078Iziaslav I of Kiev (born 1024)aged 54 years
- 1226Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (born 1181 or 1182)aged 44 years
- 1568Elisabeth of Valois (born 1545)aged 23 years
- 1867Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (born 1819)aged 48 years
- 1896William Morris, English author and poet (born 1834)aged 62 years
- 1988Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (born 1915)aged 73 years
- 1999Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1921)aged 78 years
- 2004Janet Leigh, American actress (born 1927)aged 77 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 06:55 and sets at 18:35, giving 11h 40m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 79 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is at last quarter, 49% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 3 to Thérèse of Lisieux, Dionysius the Areopagite and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria.
No United Nations international day falls on October 3. The next one on the calendar is World Teachers' Day, on October 5.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost (-42); The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen (1574). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Allan Kardec was born on October 3, 1804; Iziaslav I of Kiev died on October 3, 1078.
83 days remain until Christmas and 90 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 3 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 76%
- of the year elapsed
- 83
- until Christmas
- 90
- until New Year
- 514
- 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