Today
Saturday October 31 2026
- Day of the year
- 304/ 365
- Week
- 442,026
- Days left
- 6183%
- Moon
- 64%Waning gibbous
Today is Saturday, October 31, 2026. It is day 304 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 61 remain, and 83% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 44.
What's celebrated on this date
World Cities Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Stachys the Apostlesecond bishop of Byzantium from AD 38 to AD 54
- Petar I Petrović-NjegošSerbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and Ruler of (Old) Montenegro
- Wolfgang of RegensburgGerman monk, bishop and saint
- Apelles of HeraklionChristian saint in Romans 16:10, one of the seventy disciples
- AmpliatusRoman Christian mentioned by Paul in one of his letters
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:25
- Sunset
- 17:54
- Length of day
- 10h 28m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 51 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 : 64%
Moon age : 21.0 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
475
Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
802
Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne. Wikipedia
1517
Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Wikipedia
1864
Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. Wikipedia
1917
World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history". Wikipedia
1956
Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. Wikipedia
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1961
In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker. Wikipedia
1984
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed. Wikipedia
2000
Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. Wikipedia
2003
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 31
- 1345Ferdinand I, king of Portugal (died 1383)
- 1391Edward, King of Portugal (died 1438)
- 1424Władysław III, king of Poland (died 1444)
- 1620John Evelyn, English gardener and author (died 1706)
- 1835Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
- 1922Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012)
- 1925John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
- 1950Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (died 2016)
Died on this day October 31
- 1448John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1390)aged 56 years
- 1860Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (born 1775)aged 85 years
- 1926Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (born 1874)aged 52 years
- 1984Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1917)aged 67 years
- 1993Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1920)aged 73 years
- 1993River Phoenix, American actor and singer (born 1970)aged 23 years
- 1999Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (born 1975)aged 24 years
- 2006P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (born 1916)aged 90 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 07:25 and sets at 17:54, giving 10h 28m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 51 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 64% illuminated. The next full moon falls on November 24, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 31 to Stachys the Apostle, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš and Wolfgang of Regensburg.
October 31 is World Cities 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: Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor (475); Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos (802). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Ferdinand I was born on October 31, 1345; John VIII Palaiologos died on October 31, 1448.
55 days remain until Christmas and 62 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 31 falls under the sign of Scorpio.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 83%
- of the year elapsed
- 55
- until Christmas
- 62
- until New Year
- 486
- 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