• Time Zone: GMT+00:00
• Time Zone ID: Europe/London
• Day numbers: 2
• Week number: 1
• Leap year: 2026 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for Jan 2nd 2026
• Sunrise time: 08:07 am
• Sunset time: 04:02 pm
• Day length: 07h 55m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for Jan 2nd 2026
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 99%
• Moon Age: 14.04 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days for January 2nd 2026
January 2 in History
1758
The French begin bombardment of Madras, India.
1839
Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph of the moon.
1861
The USS Brooklyn is readied at Norfolk to aid Fort Sumter.
1863
In the second day of hard fighting at Stone’s River, near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Union troops defeat the Confederates.
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