Today
Saturday September 26 2026
- Day of the year
- 269/ 365
- Week
- 392,026
- Days left
- 9674%
- Moon
- 100%Full moon
Today is Saturday, September 26, 2026. It is day 269 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 96 remain, and 74% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 39.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Paul VIpope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
- EusebiusCatholic pope and saint
- GideonJudge in the Biblical Book of Judges
- Saints Cosmas and Damiantwins and early Christian martyrs born in Arabia
- Tikhon of MoscowPatriarch of Moscow (1865-1925)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:48
- Sunset
- 18:47
- Length of day
- 11h 59m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:47
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 86 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
Full moon
Illumination : 100%
Moon age : 15.5 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
-46
Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. Wikipedia
1580
Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England. Wikipedia
1687
Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces. Wikipedia
1777
American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign. Wikipedia
1905
Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity. Wikipedia
1918
World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces. Wikipedia
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1980
A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others. Wikipedia
1983
Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war. Wikipedia
2002
The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. Wikipedia
2014
A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day September 26
- 1791Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (died 1824)
- 1870Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)
- 1888T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
- 1889Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976)
- 1895Jürgen Stroop, German general (died 1952)
- 1897Pope Paul VI (died 1978)
- 1936Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)
- 1965Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraineturns 61 years
Died on this day September 26
- 1902Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)aged 73 years
- 1976Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)aged 89 years
- 2000Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)aged 63 years
- 2003Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)aged 40 years
- 2003Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (born 1949)aged 54 years
- 2008Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)aged 83 years
- 2010Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910)aged 100 years
- 2019Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)aged 87 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 06:48 and sets at 18:47, giving 11h 59m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 86 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is full, 100% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 26 to Paul VI, Eusebius and Gideon.
September 26 is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, 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: Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus (-46); Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England (1580). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Théodore Géricault was born on September 26, 1791; Levi Strauss died on September 26, 1902.
90 days remain until Christmas and 97 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 26 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 74%
- of the year elapsed
- 90
- until Christmas
- 97
- until New Year
- 521
- 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