Today
Friday October 9 2026
- Day of the year
- 282/ 365
- Week
- 412,026
- Days left
- 8377%
- Moon
- 1%Waning crescent
Today is Friday, October 9, 2026. It is day 282 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 83 remain, and 77% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 41.
What's celebrated on this date
World Post Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Abrahamfoundational legendary figure among adherents of the eponymous Abrahamic religions
- Pius XIIpope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
- John Henry NewmanEnglish cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
- Robert GrossetesteEnglish bishop and philosopher
- Denis3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:01
- Sunset
- 18:25
- Length of day
- 11h 24m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:43
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 73 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 : 1%
Moon age : 28.5 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
768
Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. Wikipedia
1604
Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way. Wikipedia
1708
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. Wikipedia
1740
Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000. Wikipedia
1760
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin. Wikipedia
1806
Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France. Wikipedia
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1820
Guayaquil declares independence from Spain. Wikipedia
1918
The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I. Wikipedia
1934
An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. Wikipedia
1962
Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day October 9
- 1261Denis of Portugal (died 1325)
- 1328Peter I of Cyprus (died 1369)
- 1757Charles X of France (died 1836)
- 1835Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor (died 1921)
- 1852Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1859Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (died 1935)
- 1873Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)
- 1906Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)
Died on this day October 9
- 1934Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)aged 72 years
- 1934Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)aged 46 years
- 1943Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)aged 78 years
- 1958Pope Pius XII (born 1876)aged 82 years
- 1967Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (born 1928)aged 39 years
- 1974Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (born 1908)aged 66 years
- 1978Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1929)aged 49 years
- 2001Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)aged 74 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 07:01 and sets at 18:25, giving 11h 24m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 73 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 1% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 9 to Abraham, Pius XII and John Henry Newman.
October 9 is World Post 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: Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks (768); Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way (1604). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Denis of Portugal was born on October 9, 1261; Louis Barthou died on October 9, 1934.
77 days remain until Christmas and 84 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 9 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 77%
- of the year elapsed
- 77
- until Christmas
- 84
- until New Year
- 508
- 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