Today
Monday September 21 2026
- Day of the year
- 264/ 365
- Week
- 392,026
- Days left
- 10172%
- Moon
- 76%Waxing gibbous
Today is Monday, September 21, 2026. It is day 264 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 101 remain, and 72% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 39.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Peace
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Matthew the ApostleChristian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
- JonahBiblical and Quranic prophet
- Quadratus of AthensChristian apologist and saint
- Dimitry of RostovOrthodox monk, archbishop and saint (1651-1709)
- Rosario LivatinoItalian judge (1952–1990)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:43
- Sunset
- 18:55
- Length of day
- 12h 12m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:49
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 1 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 : 76%
Moon age : 10.5 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
1792
French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy. Wikipedia
1898
Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China. Wikipedia
1937
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time. (September 22 is celebrated by some fans as Hobbit Day, however.) Wikipedia
1942
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight. Wikipedia
1964
Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth. Wikipedia
1965
The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations. Wikipedia
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1971
Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. Wikipedia
1981
Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1991
Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
1993
Russian president Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 21
- 1853Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
- 1866Charles Nicolle, French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
- 1866H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (died 1946)
- 1909Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana (died 1972)
- 1912Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
- 1916Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (died 2003)
- 1946Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th President of the Swiss Confederationturns 80 years
- 1954Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)
Died on this day September 21
- 687Pope Conon (born 630)aged 57 years
- 1235Andrew II of Hungary (born 1175)aged 58 years
- 1558Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1500)aged 58 years
- 1860Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (born 1788)aged 72 years
- 1971Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)aged 84 years
- 1987Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (born 1951)aged 36 years
- 1998Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (born 1959)aged 39 years
- 2023Walewska Oliveira, Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic champion (born 1979)aged 44 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 06:43 and sets at 18:55, giving 12h 12m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 1 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 76% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 21 to Matthew the Apostle, Jonah and Quadratus of Athens.
September 21 is International Day of Peace, 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: French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy (1792); Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China (1898). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was born on September 21, 1853; Pope Conon died on September 21, 687.
95 days remain until Christmas and 102 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 21 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 72%
- of the year elapsed
- 95
- until Christmas
- 102
- until New Year
- 526
- 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