Today is Thursday, 5 November 2026
It is a Thursday, the 309th day of 2026 and day 4 of ISO week 45. 56 days remain in the year. Nothing in the calendar is dated to today, so the page below is about where today sits and what is coming.
What is the date today?
The date today is 5 November 2026. Written the American way that is November 5, 2026; in ISO 8601 it is 2026-11-05, and as an ordinal date 2026-309. Today is a weekday, the 5th of November, with 25 days left in the month.
What is happening today?
Nothing in the site calendar is dated to 5 November 2026. That is normal: most days of the year carry no holiday, no observance and no sky event, and a page that pretended otherwise would be inventing something. The nearest dated item is New Moon on 9 November 2026, 4 days away.
Where does today sit in the year?
Today is day 309 of 365, which puts 2026 84.7% through. It is day 36 of 92 in the fourth quarter, and the 5th of 30 days in November. Counting only Monday to Friday, 221 working days of 2026 have gone and 40 remain, along with 8 more Saturdays.
What is the moon tonight?
The moon is a waning crescent tonight, roughly 25.3 days past the last new moon out of a 29.5 day cycle. The next full moon falls on 24 November 2026, 19 days away, and the next new moon on 9 November 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 autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern. The season opened at the september equinox on 23 September 2026 and runs until 21 December 2026, which is 47 days from today.
What is coming up next?
| Date | What it is | Kind | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 November | New Moon | sky event | 4 days |
| 11 November | Remembrance Day | holiday | 6 days |
| 11 November | Veterans Day | holiday | 6 days |
| 17 November | First Quarter | sky event | 12 days |
| 17 November | Leonids peak | sky event | 12 days |
| 24 November | Full Moon | sky event | 19 days |
| 26 November | Thanksgiving Day | holiday | 21 days |
| 30 November | St Andrew's Day | holiday | 25 days |
This month at a glance
November 2026 has 30 days and begins on a Sunday. 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 November 2026 · The 2026 calendar year
Questions about today
- What is the date today?
- Thursday, 5 November 2026.
- What day of the year is it?
- Day 309 of 365, with 56 days remaining.
- What week number is it?
- ISO week 45, which runs from 2 November 2026 to 8 November 2026.
- Is anything on today?
- No holiday, observance or sky event is dated to today in the site calendar.
- How many days are left in the year?
- 56 days, which is 8.0 weeks.