Today
Sunday September 20 2026
- Day of the year
- 263/ 365
- Week
- 382,026
- Days left
- 10272%
- Moon
- 67%Waxing gibbous
Today is Sunday, September 20, 2026. It is day 263 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 102 remain, and 72% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 38.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- September 21International Day of Peace
- September 26International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- September 27World Tourism Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Eustathius of Thessalonica12th-century Byzantine scholar and bishop
- Saint EustaceChristian martyr
- Andrew Kim TaegonKorean Catholic saint (1821–1846)
- Mychailo of ChernigivGrand Prince of Kyiv
- 103 Korean martyrsgroup of Catholic martyrs canonized in 1984
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:42
- Sunset
- 18:57
- Length of day
- 12h 15m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:49
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 2 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
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 67%
Moon age : 9.5 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
1187
Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. Wikipedia
1378
Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. Wikipedia
1519
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe. Wikipedia
1697
The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War. Wikipedia
1792
French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy. Wikipedia
1854
Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma. Wikipedia
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1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory. Wikipedia
1870
The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy. Wikipedia
1979
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. Wikipedia
2018
At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 20
- 1486Arthur, Prince of Wales (died 1502)
- 1758Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (died 1806)
- 1778Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (died 1852)
- 1842James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (died 1923)
- 1853Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (died 1910)
- 1872Maurice Gamelin, French general (died 1958)
- 1899Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1973)
- 1917Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (died 2006)
Died on this day September 20
- 1384Louis I, Duke of Anjou (born 1339)aged 45 years
- 1863Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (born 1785)aged 78 years
- 1957Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (born 1865)aged 92 years
- 1971Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)aged 71 years
- 1973Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)aged 30 years
- 1975Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)aged 88 years
- 1996Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (born 1913)aged 83 years
- 2005Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (born 1908)aged 97 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 06:42 and sets at 18:57, giving 12h 15m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 2 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 67% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 20 to Eustathius of Thessalonica, Saint Eustace and Andrew Kim Taegon.
No United Nations international day falls on September 20. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Peace, on September 21.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem (1187); Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism (1378). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Arthur was born on September 20, 1486; Louis I died on September 20, 1384.
96 days remain until Christmas and 103 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 20 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 72%
- of the year elapsed
- 96
- until Christmas
- 103
- until New Year
- 527
- 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