diff --git a/augur/dates/ambiguous_date.py b/augur/dates/ambiguous_date.py
index dd372bc9b..965400627 100644
--- a/augur/dates/ambiguous_date.py
+++ b/augur/dates/ambiguous_date.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def range(self):
             resolve_uncertain_int(self.uncertain_date_components["d"], "max"),
         )
 
-        # Limit the max date to be no later than today's date.
+        # Limit the min and max dates to be no later than today's date.
+        min_date = min(min_date, datetime.date.today())
         max_date = min(max_date, datetime.date.today())
 
         return (min_date, max_date)
diff --git a/tests/dates/test_dates.py b/tests/dates/test_dates.py
index 2e767dfaf..1427ea3fa 100644
--- a/tests/dates/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/dates/test_dates.py
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ def test_get_numerical_date_from_value_ambiguous_month_and_day(self):
     @freeze_time("2000-02-20")
     def test_get_numerical_date_from_value_current_day_limit(self):
         min_date, max_date = dates.get_numerical_date_from_value("2000-03-XX", "%Y-%m-%d")
-        # min_date is not subject to the upper limit
         assert (min_date
-            == pytest.approx(dates.numeric_date(datetime.date(year=2000, month=3, day=1)), abs=1e-3)
-            == pytest.approx(2000.165, abs=1e-3)
+            == pytest.approx(dates.numeric_date(datetime.date(year=2000, month=2, day=20)), abs=1e-3)
+            == pytest.approx(2000.138, abs=1e-3)
         )
         assert (max_date
             == pytest.approx(dates.numeric_date(datetime.date(year=2000, month=2, day=20)), abs=1e-3)