Today
Saturday September 5 2026
- Day of the year
- 248/ 365
- Week
- 362,026
- Days left
- 11768%
- Moon
- 35%Waning crescent
Today is Saturday, September 5, 2026. It is day 248 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 117 remain, and 68% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 36.
What's celebrated on this date
International Day of Charity
WorldwideUnited Nations — International Days
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
- Zechariahfather of John the Baptist; New Testament biblical character
- Elizabethmother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias/Zachary, according to the Gospel of Luke
- Gregorio Aglipay1st Obispo Maximo and Co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church
- Athanasius of Brest-LitovskEastern Orthodox saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:27
- Sunset
- 19:22
- Length of day
- 12h 55m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:55
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 17 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 crescent
Illumination : 35%
Moon age : 23.9 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
1661
Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers. Wikipedia
1698
In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. Wikipedia
1774
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. Wikipedia
1781
Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown. Wikipedia
1905
Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war. Wikipedia
1972
Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day. Wikipedia
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1977
Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Wikipedia
1978
Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. Wikipedia
1980
The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. Wikipedia
1986
Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day September 5
- 1187Louis VIII, king of France (died 1226)
- 1568Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)
- 1638Louis XIV, king of France (died 1715)
- 1735Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)
- 1774Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (died 1840)
- 1791Giacomo Meyerbeer, German pianist and composer (died 1864)
- 1888Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)
- 1939George Lazenby, Australian actor, the second to play James Bondturns 87 years
Died on this day September 5
- 1548Catherine Parr, Queen Consort of England and sixth wife of Henry VIII (born c. 1512)aged 36 years
- 1803Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)aged 62 years
- 1857Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)aged 59 years
- 1902Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)aged 81 years
- 1906Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)aged 62 years
- 1997Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)aged 87 years
- 1997Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)aged 85 years
- 2010Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)aged 88 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 06:27 and sets at 19:22, giving 12h 55m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 17 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 35% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 5 to Mother Teresa, Zechariah and Elizabeth.
September 5 is International Day of Charity, 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: Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers (1661); In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry (1698). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Louis VIII was born on September 5, 1187; Catherine Parr died on September 5, 1548.
111 days remain until Christmas and 118 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 5 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 68%
- of the year elapsed
- 111
- until Christmas
- 118
- until New Year
- 542
- 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