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Friday, October 2, 2026 falls on a Friday. It is day 275 of the year, ISO week 40, in Q4.

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Friday, October 2

October 2, 2026 is day 275 of 365, ISO week 40, in Q4. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Libra.

Day of year275
ISO week40
QuarterQ4
Days left90

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Last Quarter
Lunar age
20.6 days
Illumination
66%
Season
Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere

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Libra
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Today's Celebrations

October 2
Observance Batik Day (Indonesia)
Observance Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Observance Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
Observance Leodegar
Observance October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Observance Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Observance Gandhi's birthday-related observances: International Day of Non-Violence
Observance Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958

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Friday, October 2, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2018: The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 2.

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The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.

A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.

Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.

The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.

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