Today
Thursday September 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 253/ 365
- Week
- 372,026
- Days left
- 11269%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Thursday, September 10, 2026. It is day 253 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 112 remain, and 69% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 37.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- September 15International Day of Democracy
- September 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- September 21International Day of Peace
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- PulcheriaByzantine empress, wife of Marcian
- Nicholas of TolentinoItalian saint and mystic
- Finnian of MovilleIrish missionary
- Aubert of AvranchesBishop of Avranches
- Theodard of Maastricht7th-century bishop of Maastricht-Liège
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:32
- Sunset
- 19:14
- Length of day
- 12h 42m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 12 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
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
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 28.9 days
- Next full moon
- September 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- September 11, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Virgo
until September 23, 2026 — Libra
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
1419
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. Wikipedia
1547
The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. Wikipedia
1640
Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic. Wikipedia
1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. Wikipedia
1919
The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia
1939
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war. Wikipedia
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1974
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. Wikipedia
1977
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. Wikipedia
2008
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia
2025
American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 10
- 1487Pope Julius III (died 1555)
- 1638Maria Theresa of Spain (died 1683)
- 1839Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (died 1914)
- 1886H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died 1961)
- 1890Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
- 1894Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (died 1956)
- 1897Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1962)
- 1933Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)[citation needed]
Died on this day September 10
- 954Louis IV, king of West Francia (born 920)aged 33 years
- 1419John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (born 1371)aged 48 years
- 1898Empress Elisabeth of Austria (born 1837)aged 61 years
- 1971Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932)aged 39 years
- 1975George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)aged 83 years
- 1976Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905)aged 71 years
- 1983Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)aged 78 years
- 2007Jane Wyman, American actress (born 1917)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 06:32 and sets at 19:14, giving 12h 42m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 12 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 10 to Pulcheria, Nicholas of Tolentino and Finnian of Moville.
No United Nations international day falls on September 10. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Democracy, on September 15.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France (1419); The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI (1547). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pope Julius III was born on September 10, 1487; Louis IV died on September 10, 954.
106 days remain until Christmas and 113 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 10 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 69%
- of the year elapsed
- 106
- until Christmas
- 113
- until New Year
- 537
- 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