Every month of 1920 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1920 has 366 days, starts on a Thursday, is a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1920 to Friday 31 December 1920. There are 7 United States federal holidays in 1920, three of which fall at a weekend and are kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1920 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1920 ended
38,570days
The 1920 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
2
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
4
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
5
26Australia Day
27
28
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
6
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
8
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
9
23Washington's Birthday
24
25
26
27
28
29
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
11
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
12
15
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
21
13
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
14
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2Good Friday
3Easter Saturday
4
15
5Easter Monday
6
7
8
9
10
11
16
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
18
26Anzac Day
27
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
19
3May Day
4
5
6
7
8
9
20
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
21
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
22
24Whit Monday, Victoria Day
25
26
27
28
29
30
23
31Memorial Day
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
23
1
2
3
4
5
6
24
7June Bank Holiday
8
9
10
11
12
13
25
14Queen's Birthday
15
16
17
18
19
20
26
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4
28
5Independence Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
29
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
15
16
17
18
30
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
31
26
27
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
32
2Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
3
4
5
6
7
8
33
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
34
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
35
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
36
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
36
1
2
3
4
5
37
6Labor Day, Labour Day
7
8
9
10
11
12
38
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
39
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
40
27
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
41
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
42
11Thanksgiving
12
13
14
15
16
17
43
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
44
25October Bank Holiday
26
27
28
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
45
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
46
8
9
10
11Remembrance Day
12
13
14
47
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
48
22
23
24
25Thanksgiving Day
26
27
28
49
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
49
1
2
3
4
5
50
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
51
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
52
20
21
22
23
24
25Christmas Day
26
53
27Christmas Day
28Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
29
30
31
Public holiday in the selected country
Today
Saturday and Sunday
Wk ISO 8601 week number
Weeks start on Monday so that the week number in the left gutter applies to the
whole row. ISO 8601 defines week 1 as the week containing the first Thursday of
the year, which is why 1920 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1920
The 11 federal holidays in 5 U.S.C. 6103, with the rules that were actually in force in each year. State and local holidays are not included.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1920
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1920
Sunday
Washington's Birthday
Monday 23 February 1920
30 May 1920
Sunday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
Monday 31 May 1920
4 July 1920
Sunday
Independence Day
Monday 5 July 1920
6 September 1920
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
25 November 1920
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day (Kept on the last Thursday in November by annual presidential proclamation until 1939.)
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
On the day
Bank holidays in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, including the one-off royal and jubilee holidays.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
2 April 1920
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
5 April 1920
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
24 May 1920
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
2 August 1920
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
Bank holidays in Scotland. Scotland keeps 2 January and the first Monday in August, and does not keep Easter Monday.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1920
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1920
Friday
2 January
On the day
2 April 1920
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 May 1920
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
2 August 1920
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
Bank holidays in Northern Ireland: the England and Wales set plus St Patrick's Day and the Battle of the Boyne.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
17 March 1920
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
2 April 1920
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
5 April 1920
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
24 May 1920
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1920
Monday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
2 August 1920
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1920
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1920
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
5 April 1920
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
3 May 1920
Monday
May Day
On the day
7 June 1920
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
2 August 1920
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
25 October 1920
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
St Stephen's Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
Federal statutory holidays. Provincial holidays (Family Day, Civic Holiday, St Jean Baptiste) are not included and vary by province.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1920
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 April 1920
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 May 1920
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1920
Thursday
Canada Day
On the day
6 September 1920
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
11 October 1920
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1920
Thursday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
Public holidays kept nationally. State holidays (Labour Day, show days, Melbourne Cup) vary by state and are not included.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1920
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1920
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
2 April 1920
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
3 April 1920
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
5 April 1920
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1920
Sunday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 26 April 1920
14 June 1920
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1920
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1920
26 December 1920
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1920
The sky in 1920
Equinoxes, solstices and eclipses are given in UTC, because an eclipse happens
at one instant everywhere. Convert to your own zone before you set an alarm.
Equinoxes and solstices, and the eclipses of 1920.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
20 March 1920
21:58
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
3 May 1920
01:50
Total lunar eclipse
72 minutes of totality · 220 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
18 May 1920
06:14
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
21 June 1920
17:39
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1920
08:28
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
27 October 1920
14:11
Total lunar eclipse
86 minutes of totality · 212 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
10 November 1920
15:51
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
22 December 1920
03:17
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere, the longest in the southern.
Full moons
The traditional names are month-based, with two exceptions we compute rather
than assume: the Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest the September equinox,
and a second full moon inside one calendar month is a Blue Moon.
Date
Time (UTC)
Name
Note
5 January 1920
21:05
Wolf Moon
4 February 1920
08:42
Snow Moon
4 March 1920
21:12
Worm Moon
3 April 1920
10:54
Pink Moon
3 May 1920
01:47
Flower Moon
1 June 1920
17:18
Strawberry Moon
1 July 1920
08:41
Buck Moon
30 July 1920
23:19
Blue Moon
The second full moon in July.
29 August 1920
13:03
Sturgeon Moon
28 September 1920
01:56
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
27 October 1920
14:09
Hunter's Moon
26 November 1920
01:42
Beaver Moon
25 December 1920
12:38
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1920
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
5 January 1920
21:05
Full Moon
13 January 1920
00:08
Last Quarter
21 January 1920
05:27
New Moon
28 January 1920
15:38
First Quarter
4 February 1920
08:42
Full Moon
11 February 1920
20:49
Last Quarter
19 February 1920
21:35
New Moon
26 February 1920
23:49
First Quarter
4 March 1920
21:12
Full Moon
12 March 1920
17:57
Last Quarter
20 March 1920
10:56
New Moon
27 March 1920
06:45
First Quarter
3 April 1920
10:54
Full Moon
11 April 1920
13:24
Last Quarter
18 April 1920
21:43
New Moon
25 April 1920
13:27
First Quarter
3 May 1920
01:47
Full Moon
11 May 1920
05:51
Last Quarter
18 May 1920
06:25
New Moon
24 May 1920
21:07
First Quarter
1 June 1920
17:18
Full Moon
9 June 1920
18:58
Last Quarter
16 June 1920
13:41
New Moon
23 June 1920
06:49
First Quarter
1 July 1920
08:41
Full Moon
9 July 1920
05:05
Last Quarter
15 July 1920
20:25
New Moon
22 July 1920
19:20
First Quarter
30 July 1920
23:19
Full Moon
7 August 1920
12:50
Last Quarter
14 August 1920
03:44
New Moon
21 August 1920
10:52
First Quarter
29 August 1920
13:03
Full Moon
5 September 1920
19:05
Last Quarter
12 September 1920
12:51
New Moon
20 September 1920
04:55
First Quarter
28 September 1920
01:56
Full Moon
5 October 1920
00:53
Last Quarter
12 October 1920
00:50
New Moon
20 October 1920
00:29
First Quarter
27 October 1920
14:09
Full Moon
3 November 1920
07:35
Last Quarter
10 November 1920
16:05
New Moon
18 November 1920
20:13
First Quarter
26 November 1920
01:42
Full Moon
2 December 1920
16:29
Last Quarter
10 December 1920
10:04
New Moon
18 December 1920
14:40
First Quarter
25 December 1920
12:38
Full Moon
Meteor showers
Peak nights drift by about a day between years, because the Earth meets each
stream at a fixed point in its orbit rather than on a fixed date. What
changes the view far more is the Moon, so we compute how much of it is lit
on the peak night of 1920.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1920
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1920
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
21%
Mostly dark
6 May 1920
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
87%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1920
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1920
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
2%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1920
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
11%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1920
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
68%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 1920
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
23%
Mostly dark
12 November 1920
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
5%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1920
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
41%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
14 December 1920
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
17%
Mostly dark
22 December 1920
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
90%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1920
1920 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Friday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1920 is a leap year, so February has 29 days. A year is a leap year when it divides by 4, except century years, which must also divide by 400. That is why 1900 was not a leap year and 2000 was. It is also a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which happens roughly every five to six years and regularly breaks payroll and reporting systems that assume 52.
Years you can reuse this calendar for
These years start on the same weekday and have the same February, so the grid
above is identical. A 1920 wall calendar hangs again, unchanged, in any of them.
Public holidays computed from statute, cross-checked against
Nager.Date for every year it covers. Astronomical
events computed with astronomy-engine. Week numbers follow ISO 8601. Times are UTC.