Today
Thursday September 24 2026
- Day of the year
- 267/ 365
- Week
- 392,026
- Days left
- 9873%
- Moon
- 95%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, September 24, 2026. It is day 267 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 98 remain, and 73% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 39.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- September 26International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- September 27World Tourism Day
- September 28International Day for Universal Access to Information
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Hermann of ReichenauGerman 11th-century Benedictine monk
- Thecla1st-century saint
- Rupert of SalzburgFrankish bishop
- Gerard of CsanádItalian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr
- Virgin of Mercydepiction of the Virgin Mary sheltering a group using her outspread cloak
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:46
- Sunset
- 18:50
- Length of day
- 12h 4m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:48
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 88 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
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 95%
Moon age : 13.5 days
- Next full moon
- September 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
787
The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia. Wikipedia
1841
The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke. Wikipedia
1869
Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. Wikipedia
1877
The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion. Wikipedia
1948
The Honda Motor Company is founded. Wikipedia
1960
USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. Wikipedia
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1973
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. Wikipedia
1993
The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king. Wikipedia
2015
At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Wikipedia
2023
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 24
- 1625Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672)
- 1717Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician (died 1797)
- 1796Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (died 1875)
- 1801Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1862)
- 1802Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868)
- 1871Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960)
- 1911Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and de facto leader of the USSR (died 1985)
- 1936Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990)
Died on this day September 24
- 366Pope Liberiusaged 56 years
- 768Pepin the Short, Frankish king (born 714)aged 53 years
- 1054Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1013)aged 41 years
- 1541Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (born 1493)aged 48 years
- 1834Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798)aged 36 years
- 1904Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)aged 44 years
- 2004Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (born 1935)aged 69 years
- 2010Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)aged 73 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 06:46 and sets at 18:50, giving 12h 4m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 88 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 95% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 24 to Hermann of Reichenau, Thecla and Rupert of Salzburg.
No United Nations international day falls on September 24. The next one on the calendar is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, on September 26.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia (787); The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke (1841). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johan de Witt was born on September 24, 1625; Pope Liberius died on September 24, 366.
92 days remain until Christmas and 99 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 24 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 73%
- of the year elapsed
- 92
- until Christmas
- 99
- until New Year
- 523
- 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