Today
Friday September 11 2026
- Day of the year
- 254/ 365
- Week
- 372,026
- Days left
- 11170%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Friday, September 11, 2026. It is day 254 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 111 remain, and 70% 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.
- Our Lady of CoromotoMarian apparition
- Miquel Baptista Granfranciscan friar proclaimed blessed by the Catholic Church (1620-1684)
- Felix and RegulaCoptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints
- Paphnutius of ThebesEgyptian saint
- Jean-Gabriel PerboyreFrench Vincentian missionary, martyr and saint (1802-1840)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:33
- Sunset
- 19:12
- Length of day
- 12h 39m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 11 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 : 29.9 days
- Next full moon
- September 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- October 10, 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
1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. Wikipedia
1609
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there. Wikipedia
1697
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history. Wikipedia
1709
Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France. Wikipedia
1714
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Catalans, the last phase of the War of the Spanish Succession. Wikipedia
1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia
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1857
The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. Wikipedia
1943
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica. Wikipedia
1973
A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Wikipedia
2001
The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 11
- 1182Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)
- 1522Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)
- 1611Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)
- 1816Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)
- 1825Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)
- 1885D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
- 1917Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
- 1965Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syriaturns 61 years
Died on this day September 11
- 1721Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)aged 56 years
- 1733François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)aged 65 years
- 1950Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)aged 80 years
- 1971Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)aged 77 years
- 1973Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)aged 65 years
- 1978Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)aged 34 years
- 1987Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)aged 43 years
- 2024Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, President of Peru (born 1938)aged 86 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 06:33 and sets at 19:12, giving 12h 39m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 11 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 October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 11 to Our Lady of Coromoto, Miquel Baptista Gran and Felix and Regula.
No United Nations international day falls on September 11. 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: Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English (1297); Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there (1609). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Minamoto no Yoriie was born on September 11, 1182; Rudolf Jakob Camerarius died on September 11, 1721.
105 days remain until Christmas and 112 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 11 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 70%
- of the year elapsed
- 105
- until Christmas
- 112
- until New Year
- 536
- 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