Today
Thursday September 3 2026
- Day of the year
- 246/ 365
- Week
- 362,026
- Days left
- 11967%
- Moon
- 58%Waning gibbous
Today is Thursday, September 3, 2026. It is day 246 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 119 remain, and 67% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 36.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- September 5International Day of Charity
- September 8International Literacy Day
- September 15International Day of Democracy
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Gregory I64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604
- MarinusSammarinese saint
- PhoebeChristian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 16:1
- Thaddeus of EdessaChristian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus
- RemaclusBenedictine missionary bishop
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:25
- Sunset
- 19:25
- Length of day
- 13h 0m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 19 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 58%
Moon age : 21.9 days
- Next full moon
- September 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- September 11, 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
301
San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. Wikipedia
590
Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). Wikipedia
1189
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. Wikipedia
1260
The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. Wikipedia
1783
American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. Wikipedia
1939
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures. Wikipedia
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1943
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days. Wikipedia
1944
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later. Wikipedia
1976
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. Wikipedia
2004
Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day September 3
- 1568Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (died 1634)
- 1781Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (died 1824)
- 1810Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (died 1871)
- 1869Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1875Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (died 1951)
- 1900Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)
- 1926Irene Papas, Greek actress (died 2022)
- 1938Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 88 years
Died on this day September 3
- 1402Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (born 1351)aged 51 years
- 1658Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of England (born 1599)aged 59 years
- 1877Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (born 1797)aged 80 years
- 1883Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (born 1818)aged 65 years
- 1948Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1884)aged 64 years
- 2005William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924)aged 81 years
- 2012Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)aged 55 years
- 2012Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)aged 92 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 06:25 and sets at 19:25, giving 13h 0m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 19 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waning gibbous, 58% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 3 to Gregory I, Marinus and Phoebe.
No United Nations international day falls on September 3. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Charity, on September 5.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus (301); Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) (590). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Adriano Banchieri was born on September 3, 1568; Gian Galeazzo Visconti died on September 3, 1402.
113 days remain until Christmas and 120 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 3 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 67%
- of the year elapsed
- 113
- until Christmas
- 120
- until New Year
- 544
- 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