Today
Monday September 7 2026
- Day of the year
- 250/ 365
- Week
- 372,026
- Days left
- 11568%
- Moon
- 15%Waning crescent
Today is Monday, September 7, 2026. It is day 250 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 115 remain, and 68% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 37.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- September 8International Literacy Day
- September 15International Day of Democracy
- September 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Guido of Arezzo11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation
- KassiaByzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer
- Marko KrizinCroatian priest, martyr and saint
- ClodoaldFrankish monk and bishop
- Melchior GrodzieckiPolish Jesuit, saint, martyr
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:29
- Sunset
- 19:19
- Length of day
- 12h 50m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:54
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 15 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayLabor Day
Next public holiday : Columbus Day — October 12, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 15%
Moon age : 25.9 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
1191
Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf. Wikipedia
1303
Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France. Wikipedia
1812
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory. Wikipedia
1860
Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples. Wikipedia
1901
The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. Wikipedia
1923
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed. Wikipedia
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1936
The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. Wikipedia
1940
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights. Wikipedia
1953
Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
2011
The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day September 7
- 923Suzaku, emperor of Japan (died 952)
- 1533Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)
- 1707Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
- 1726François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (died 1795)
- 1909Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1913Anthony Quayle, English actor (died 1989)
- 1930Baudouin of Belgium (died 1993)
- 1936Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
Died on this day September 7
- 1134Alfonso the Battler, Spanish emperor (born 1073)aged 61 years
- 1151Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)aged 38 years
- 1312Ferdinand IV of Castile (born 1285)aged 27 years
- 1362Joan of the Tower (born 1321)aged 41 years
- 1978Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (born 1946)aged 32 years
- 1991Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)aged 84 years
- 1997Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)aged 67 years
- 2018Mac Miller, American rapper (born 1992)aged 26 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 06:29 and sets at 19:19, giving 12h 50m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 15 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waning crescent, 15% illuminated. The next full moon falls on September 26, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches September 7 to Guido of Arezzo, Kassia and Marko Krizin.
No United Nations international day falls on September 7. The next one on the calendar is International Literacy Day, on September 8.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Labor Day.
On this day in history: Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf (1191); Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France (1303). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Suzaku was born on September 7, 923; Alfonso the Battler died on September 7, 1134.
109 days remain until Christmas and 116 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — September 7 falls under the sign of Virgo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 68%
- of the year elapsed
- 109
- until Christmas
- 116
- until New Year
- 540
- 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