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Thursday, May 7, 2026 falls on a Thursday. It is day 127 of the year, ISO week 19, in Q2.
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Thursday, May 7
May 7, 2026 is day 127 of 365, ISO week 19, in Q2. The moon is Waning Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Taurus.
Day of year127
ISO week19
QuarterQ2
Days left238
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous
- Lunar age
- 20.3 days
- Illumination
- 69%
- Season
- Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Taurus
- Observances
- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2026-05-07
Today's Celebrations
May 7
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Agathius of Byzantium
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Anthony of Kiev
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Pope Benedict II
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Flavia Domitilla
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Gisela of Hungary
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Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
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John of Beverley
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Local briefThursday, May 7, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2023: A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to May 7.
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A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India.
A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors.
Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant.
Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
A fire and explosion at a fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killed 26 people.
A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.
A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill (pictured).
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