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Thursday
December 24, 2026 — day 358 of 365
- Day of the year
- 358 of 365
- Week of the year
- 52
- Days left in 2026
- 7
The sky on December 24, 2026
Moon phase on December 24, 2026: Full Moon
- Illumination
- 99.99%
- Moon age
- 14.68 days
- Sunrise
- 7:23 am
- Day length
- 9h 39m
- Sunset
- 5:02 pm
Times for Boydton, US (America/New_York), approximate
Date formats for December 24, 2026
- United States 12/24/2026 · December 24, 2026
- UK / Europe 24/12/2026 · 24 December 2026
- ISO 8601 2026-12-24
- Abbreviated Dec 24, 2026 · 24 Dec 2026
- Full format Thursday, December 24th, 2026
This day in history — December 24
What happened on December 24
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1968
Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon.
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1906
Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
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1814
The United Kingdom and the United States signed a peace treaty in Ghent, present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
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1979
The first Ariane 1 rocket is launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre.
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1979
The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.
Famous births on December 24
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1971
Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor
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1905
Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot
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1991
Louis Tomlinson, English singer
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1974
Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer
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1940
Anthony Fauci, American physician, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Famous deaths on December 24
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1914
John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club
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1524
Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India
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1863
William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet
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2008
Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate
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1873
Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist