Day 242 of the year
The 242nd day of 2026 is Sunday, August 30, 2026. It was 24 days ago.
Where day 242 lands in other years
The calendar date for a given day number moves only because of leap years. In a common year day 242 is one date; from 1 March in a leap year it shifts back by one.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | August 30 | Sunday | no |
| 2027 | August 30 | Monday | no |
| 2028 | August 29 | Tuesday | yes |
| 2029 | August 30 | Thursday | no |
| 2030 | August 30 | Friday | no |
Day 242 in context
Day 242 sits in August, on the 30th of the month, in the third quarter. By that point 241 days of the year have already gone and the year is 66.3% complete.
| Anchor | Day number | Distance from day 242 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | 1 | 241 days before |
| 1 April | 91 | 151 days before |
| 1 July | 182 | 60 days before |
| 1 October | 274 | 32 days after |
| 31 December | 365 | 123 days after |
Counting to and from day 242
Ordinal day numbers make in-year arithmetic trivial: the gap between two dates in the same year is just the difference of their day numbers. Day 242 minus today's day 266 gives 24 days, with no month lengths to reason about. That is exactly why batch codes, expiry stamps and flight schedules use them.
Questions
- What date is day 242 of the year?
- Sunday, August 30, 2026.
- What weekday is it?
- A Sunday in 2026.
- How far away is it?
- 24 days ago.
Reading the number back
To go the other way, from a calendar date to a day number, add up the lengths of the months before it and then add the day of the month. For August 30 in 2026 that is 212 days across the earlier months plus 30, giving 242. The only wrinkle is February, which is why the same date can carry two different day numbers depending on whether the year is a leap year.