Today
Tuesday October 6 2026
- Day of the year
- 279/ 365
- Week
- 412,026
- Days left
- 8676%
- Moon
- 18%Waning crescent
Today is Tuesday, October 6, 2026. It is day 279 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 86 remain, and 76% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 41.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- October 9World Post Day
- October 10World Mental Health Day
- October 11International Day of the Girl Child
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Thomas the Apostleone of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
- Bruno of Colognefounder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)
- Saint FaithGallo-Roman saint
- Diego Luis de San VitoresSpanish missionary (1627–1672)
- Isidore of Saint JosephPassionist lay brother, beatified (1881–1916)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:58
- Sunset
- 18:30
- Length of day
- 11h 32m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:44
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 76 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 crescent
Illumination : 18%
Moon age : 25.5 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
-105
Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic Wikipedia
1600
Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. Wikipedia
1789
French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. Wikipedia
1927
Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. Wikipedia
1973
Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. Wikipedia
1976
Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. Wikipedia
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1976
Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the Seni Pramoj government is toppled in a military coup led by Sangad Chaloryu. Wikipedia
1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. Wikipedia
1990
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. Wikipedia
2010
Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 6
- 1289Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (died 1306)
- 1767Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820)
- 1773Louis Philippe I of France (died 1850)
- 1846George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)
- 1866Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932)
- 1887Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)
- 1903Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
- 1930Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)
Died on this day October 6
- 877Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (born 823)aged 54 years
- 1101Bruno of Cologne, German monk, founded the Carthusian Orderaged 71 years
- 1349Joan II of Navarre, daughter of Louis X of France (born 1312)aged 38 years
- 1644Elisabeth of France, queen of Spain and Portugal (born 1602)aged 42 years
- 1973François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944)aged 29 years
- 1981Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)aged 63 years
- 2018Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)aged 85 years
- 2020Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)aged 80 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 06:58 and sets at 18:30, giving 11h 32m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 76 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 18% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 6 to Thomas the Apostle, Bruno of Cologne and Saint Faith.
No United Nations international day falls on October 6. The next one on the calendar is World Post Day, on October 9.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic (-105); Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period (1600). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was born on October 6, 1289; Charles the Bald died on October 6, 877.
80 days remain until Christmas and 87 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 6 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 76%
- of the year elapsed
- 80
- until Christmas
- 87
- until New Year
- 511
- 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