• Time Zone: GMT-05:00
• Time Zone ID: America/New_York
• Day numbers: 21
• Week number: 4
• Leap year: 2026 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for Jan 21st 2026
• Sunrise time: 07:50 am
• Sunset time: 05:37 pm
• Day length: 09h 46m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for Jan 21st 2026
• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
• Illumination: 10%
• Moon Age: 3.06 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days for January 21st 2026
January 21 in History
1648
In Maryland, the first woman lawyer in the colonies, Margaret Brent, is denied a vote in the Maryland Assembly.
1785
Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa and Wyandot Indians sign the treaty of Fort McIntosh, ceding present-day Ohio to the United States.
1790
Joseph Guillotine proposes a new, more humane method of execution: a machine designed to cut off the condemned person’s head as painlessly as possible.
1793
The French King Louis XVI is guillotined for treason.
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