Monday, December 28, 2026

Monday, December 28, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 362 of the year, ISO week 53, in Q4.

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Monday, December 28

December 28, 2026 is day 362 of 365, ISO week 53, in Q4. The moon is Waning Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Day of year362
ISO week53
QuarterQ4
Days left3

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
Lunar age
19.1 days
Illumination
81%
Season
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere

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Zodiac
Capricorn
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No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations

December 28
Observance Abel (Coptic Church)
Observance Caterina Volpicelli
Observance Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks...
Observance Simon the Athonite
Observance December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Observance King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
Observance Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
Observance Republic Day (South Sudan)

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Monday, December 28, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2018: Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to December 28.

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Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.

The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people.

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea after the pilots mishandled a non-critical error in the cockpit, which resulted in all 162 people on board being killed in the crash.

Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.

A suicide bomber attacked a Shia procession commemorating the day of Ashura in Karachi, Pakistan, causing 43 deaths.

Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.

Somali Civil War: Troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and their Ethiopian allies captured Mogadishu unopposed.

An unidentified body, later identified as Vivianne Ruiz, was found in garbage bags.

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