How Many Days Until Mother’s Day?
A live countdown to Mother’s Day (the US date, the second Sunday of May) in your own time zone, with the dates for the next five years.
Days Until Mother’s Day
226 days until Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day 2027 is Sunday, May 9, 2027.
Until Mother’s Day 2027
How the date is worked out
- Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May.
- May 1, 2027 is a Saturday, so the first Sunday is May 2.
- Second Sunday = May 2 + 1 × 7 days = May 9.
- From today, Friday, September 25, 2026, to Sunday, May 9, 2027 is 226 days (32 weeks and 2 days).
- The clock counts the real time left until midnight at the start of the day, in your time zone.
Mother’s Day: the next five years
| Year | Date | Days away |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Sun, May 9 | 226 |
| 2028 | Sun, May 14 | 597 |
| 2029 | Sun, May 13 | 961 |
| 2030 | Sun, May 12 | 1,325 |
| 2031 | Sun, May 11 | 1,689 |
How the date is set
In the US, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May, so it always falls between May 8 and May 14 — in 2027, on May 9. Many other countries celebrate mothers on different dates, so this countdown uses the US date.
A short history
The Library of Congress credits Anna Jarvis of Grafton, West Virginia, with the campaign for a national day honoring mothers. After her own mother died in 1905, she organized commemorations in Grafton and in Philadelphia in 1908, and on May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
Because both depend on the calendar, Mother’s Day always comes either 15 or 22 days before Memorial Day (in 2027, 22 days) and either five or six weeks before Father’s Day (in 2027, 6 weeks).
How this countdown works
The headline counts calendar days from today’s date to the holiday’s date, so the day before, it says 1 day. The clock counts the real time left until midnight at the start of the holiday, in your own time zone, using your device’s clock — so it shows one day fewer than the headline, plus the hours left today. If a daylight-saving change falls before the holiday, the clock includes that hour. When the holiday arrives the page says so and starts counting to next year’s. For the gap between any two dates, use the date difference calculator; for minutes rather than days, try the online timers.
More holiday countdowns
days until Father’s Day, days until Memorial Day and days until Easter — or see all holiday countdowns.
Frequently asked questions
When is Mother’s Day 2028?
Mother’s Day 2028 is Sunday, May 14, 2028; this year’s is Sunday, May 9, 2027.
Is Mother’s Day always the second Sunday in May?
In the United States, yes — since President Wilson’s 1914 proclamation. That makes the earliest possible date May 8 and the latest May 14.
Is Mother’s Day a federal holiday?
It is a national observance rather than one of the federal holidays on which offices close; as it is always a Sunday, most offices are closed anyway.