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Thursday
May 21, 2026
6:05:01 PM (EDT)

10:05:01 PM (UTC)
Absolute date: 739,757
Day 141 and Second 12,247,501 of current year
218 shopping days until Christmas

Phase of moon: waxing crescent
Age of moon: 5 days (since last new moon)

For Cleveland (EDT)
Sun rise: 6:02 AM, set: 8:45 PM (today)
Sun rise: 6:01 AM, set: 8:46 PM (tomorrow)

Julian Day
2,461,182.42

Julian Calendar
May 08, 2026

ISO Calendar
Day 04 of Week 21 of Year 2026

World Calendar
Sunday, May 19, 2026

Hebrew Calendar
6 Sivan 5786

Islamic Calendar
Dhu al-Hijjah 05, 1447

Mayan Calendars
Long Count: 13.0.13.10.19
Haab (Civil): 12 Zip
Tzolkin (Religious): 2 Cauac

French Revolutionary
Time: 7:53:48
Décade I, Doudi de Prairial de l'Année 234 de la Révolution

Coptic
Bashans 13, 1742

Ethiopic
Genbot 14, 2018

Persian
Ordibehest 31, 1405

Baha'i
5th day of Grandeur, B.E. 183

Events for 05/21

Births
Plato (2453 years ago)
Alexander Pope (338 years ago)
Raymond Burr (109 years ago)
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (105 years ago)

Deaths
Hernando de Soto (484 years ago)
James Franck (62 years ago)

Events
American Red Cross founded (145 years ago)
1st airborn hydrogen bomb exploed (by US) (70 years ago)

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