Today
Wednesday September 30 2026
- Day of the year
- 273/ 365
- Week
- 402,026
- Days left
- 9275%
- Moon
- 81%Waning gibbous
Today is Wednesday, September 30, 2026. It is day 273 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 92 remain, and 75% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 40.
What's celebrated on this date
International Translation Day
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Jerome4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
- Gregory the Illuminatorpatron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church (c.257–c.331)
- Otto of Bamberg12th‑century German bishop and missionary, Catholic saint, mediator during the Investiture Controversy and known as the ‘Apostle of Pomerania‘
- Honoriusmember of the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons and Archbishop of Canterbury
- Faith, Hope and Charitygroup of humans
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:52
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Length of day
- 11h 48m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:46
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 82 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
Waning gibbous
Illumination : 81%
Moon age : 19.5 days
- Next full moon
- October 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
1399
Henry IV is proclaimed king of England. Wikipedia
1744
War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia. Wikipedia
1791
The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death. Wikipedia
1888
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Wikipedia
1938
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia
1939
World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. Wikipedia
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1966
Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Wikipedia
2000
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada. Wikipedia
2005
Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper. Wikipedia
2009
The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 30
- 1207Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (died 1273)
- 1732Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1804)
- 1870Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
- 1882Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (died 1945)
- 1928Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1932Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)
- 1939Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureateturns 87 years
- 1945Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israelturns 81 years
Died on this day September 30
- 1560Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (born 1525)aged 51 years
- 1572Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1510)aged 62 years
- 1770George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (born 1714)aged 56 years
- 1891Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1837)aged 54 years
- 1897Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (born 1873)aged 24 years
- 1955James Dean, American actor (born 1931)aged 24 years
- 1977Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)aged 53 years
- 1985Simone Signoret, French actress (born 1921)aged 64 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 06:52 and sets at 18:40, giving 11h 48m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 82 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waning gibbous, 81% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on October 10, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 30 to Jerome, Gregory the Illuminator and Otto of Bamberg.
September 30 is International Translation Day, 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: Henry IV is proclaimed king of England (1399); War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia (1744). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Rumi was born on September 30, 1207; Melchior Cano died on September 30, 1560.
86 days remain until Christmas and 93 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 30 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 75%
- of the year elapsed
- 86
- until Christmas
- 93
- until New Year
- 517
- 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