Today is Wednesday, 23 September 2026
It is a Wednesday, the 266th day of 2026 and day 3 of ISO week 39. 99 days remain in the year. Today is International Day of Sign Languages.
What is the date today?
The date today is 23 September 2026. Written the American way that is September 23, 2026; in ISO 8601 it is 2026-09-23, and as an ordinal date 2026-266. Today is a weekday, the 23rd of September, with 7 days left in the month.
What is happening today?
2 dated items fall on 23 September 2026.
| What it is | Kind | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| International Day of Sign Languages | observance | Observed on 23 September every year, designated by the UN General Assembly. |
| September equinox | astronomical | Autumn opens in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern |
Where does today sit in the year?
Today is day 266 of 365, which puts 2026 72.9% through. It is day 85 of 92 in the third quarter, and the 23rd of 30 days in September. Counting only Monday to Friday, 190 working days of 2026 have gone and 71 remain, along with 14 more Saturdays.
What is the moon tonight?
The moon is a waxing gibbous tonight, roughly 11.9 days past the last new moon out of a 29.5 day cycle. The next full moon falls on 26 September 2026, 3 days away, and the next new moon on 10 October 2026. Phase instants are computed in UTC, so a phase late in the UTC day can read as the previous date further west.
Astronomically it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern. The season opened at the june solstice on 21 June 2026 and runs until 23 September 2026, which is 0 days from today.
What is coming up next?
| Date | What it is | Kind | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September | Full Moon | sky event | 3 days |
| 30 September | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | holiday | 7 days |
| 30 September | US federal fiscal year ends | observance | 7 days |
| 1 October | October starts | observance | 8 days |
| 1 October | Q4 starts | observance | 8 days |
| 1 October | US federal fiscal year starts | observance | 8 days |
| 3 October | Last Quarter | sky event | 10 days |
| 5 October | World Teachers' Day | observance | 12 days |
This month at a glance
September 2026 has 30 days and begins on a Tuesday. Today is marked in bold.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
Everything on in September 2026 · The 2026 calendar year
Questions about today
- What is the date today?
- Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
- What day of the year is it?
- Day 266 of 365, with 99 days remaining.
- What week number is it?
- ISO week 39, which runs from 21 September 2026 to 27 September 2026.
- Is anything on today?
- Yes. International Day of Sign Languages, September equinox.
- How many days are left in the year?
- 99 days, which is 14.1 weeks.