Today is Friday, January 30, 2026.
30 days ago, it was Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
This is based on EST timezone (which we estimate as your local timezone).
Every day counts differently. Here's how your 30 days have been divided:
See your time period at a glance with this calendar highlighting the past 30 days.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Need a different calculation than thirty days ago?
Use our calculator to find any past or future date based on your specific requirements.
Here's how to calculate a date thirty days ago using popular programming languages and tools:
=TODAY() - 30
// PHP
$pastDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-30 days'));
echo $pastDate;
// JavaScript
const pastDate = new Date();
pastDate.setDate(pastDate.getDate() - 30);
console.log(pastDate.toISOString().split('T')[0]);
# Python
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
past_date = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=30)
print(past_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
// Java
import java.time.LocalDate;
public class DateCalculation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
LocalDate pastDate = LocalDate.now().minusDays(30);
System.out.println(pastDate);
}
}
-- SQL (MySQL) SELECT DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 30 DAY) as past_date;
Our calculator provides exact day-by-day calculations, accounting for:
30 days is approximately 1 months. The exact length can vary since months have different numbers of days (28-31 days).
In the last 30 days there has been 23 business days (Monday-Friday) and 7 weekend days (Saturday-Sunday).
In general, any 30-day period typically contains 20-23 working days and 7-10 weekend days. This can vary depending on which day of the week the period starts and ends.
Track the journey through time with this detailed breakdown of your 30-day period:
| Date | Day Type | Timeline Position | Season | Moon Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 31, 2025
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💼 Wednesday | Day 365, Week 01, Q4 | Winter | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
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January 1, 2026
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💼 Thursday | Day 1, Week 01, Q1 | Winter | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
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January 2, 2026
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💼 Friday | Day 2, Week 01, Q1 | Winter | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
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January 3, 2026
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🙌 Saturday | Day 3, Week 01, Q1 | Winter | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
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January 4, 2026
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🙌 Sunday | Day 4, Week 01, Q1 | Winter | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
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January 5, 2026
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💼 Monday | Day 5, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌓 First Quarter |
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January 6, 2026
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💼 Tuesday | Day 6, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌓 First Quarter |
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January 7, 2026
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💼 Wednesday | Day 7, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌓 First Quarter |
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January 8, 2026
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💼 Thursday | Day 8, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌓 First Quarter |
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January 9, 2026
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💼 Friday | Day 9, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
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January 10, 2026
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🙌 Saturday | Day 10, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
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January 11, 2026
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🙌 Sunday | Day 11, Week 02, Q1 | Winter | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
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January 12, 2026
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💼 Monday | Day 12, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
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January 13, 2026
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💼 Tuesday | Day 13, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌕 Full Moon |
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January 14, 2026
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💼 Wednesday | Day 14, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌕 Full Moon |
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January 15, 2026
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💼 Thursday | Day 15, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌕 Full Moon |
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January 16, 2026
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💼 Friday | Day 16, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
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January 17, 2026
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🙌 Saturday | Day 17, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
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January 18, 2026
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🙌 Sunday | Day 18, Week 03, Q1 | Winter | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
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January 19, 2026
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💼 Monday | Day 19, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
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January 20, 2026
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💼 Tuesday | Day 20, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌗 Last Quarter |
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January 21, 2026
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💼 Wednesday | Day 21, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌗 Last Quarter |
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January 22, 2026
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💼 Thursday | Day 22, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌗 Last Quarter |
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January 23, 2026
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💼 Friday | Day 23, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌗 Last Quarter |
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January 24, 2026
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🙌 Saturday | Day 24, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
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January 25, 2026
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🙌 Sunday | Day 25, Week 04, Q1 | Winter | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
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January 26, 2026
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💼 Monday | Day 26, Week 05, Q1 | Winter | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
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January 27, 2026
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💼 Tuesday | Day 27, Week 05, Q1 | Winter | 🌑 New Moon |
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January 28, 2026
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💼 Wednesday | Day 28, Week 05, Q1 | Winter | 🌑 New Moon |
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January 29, 2026
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💼 Thursday | Day 29, Week 05, Q1 | Winter | 🌑 New Moon |
Just 30 days ago, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, the world kept spinning. Since then, your hair has grown about 0.420 inches, your nails around 0.360 inches, and you've blinked approximately 864,000 times.
The average person has breathed roughly 691,200 times, yawned about 600 times, and produced nearly 45.0 liters of saliva. Your blood has circulated through your entire body approximately 30,000 times, and your stomach has worked through about 60 pounds of food.
The Sun has fused 18,000,000,000 tons of hydrogen into helium, while our planet has traveled 48.0 million miles through space. Light from the Sun has taken 249 minutes to reach Earth each day, bringing us energy, warmth, and the rhythm of day and night.
In technological terms, approximately 10,500,000 tweets were posted each minute, 6,000,000 Instagram photos were shared each hour, and about 150,000,000,000 Google searches were performed by people around the world.
Breaking it down further, that's 720 hours, 43,200 minutes, or precisely 2,592,000 seconds since that Wednesday morning.