Every month of 1942 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1942 has 365 days, starts on a Thursday, is not a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1942 to Thursday 31 December 1942. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1942, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1942 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1942 ended
30,535days
The 1942 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
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
10
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
12
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
21
22
13
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
14
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3Good Friday
4Easter Saturday
5
15
6Easter Monday
7
8
9
10
11
12
16
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
17
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
18
27Anzac Day
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
19
4May Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
21
18Victoria Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
22
25Whit Monday
26
27
28
29
30Memorial Day
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
23
1June Bank Holiday
2
3
4
5
6
7
24
8Queen's Birthday
9
10
11
12
13
14
25
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
26
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
27
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
28
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
29
13Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
14
15
16
17
18
19
30
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
31
27
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
32
3Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
33
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
34
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
35
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
36
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
36
1
2
3
4
5
6
37
7Labor Day, Labour Day
8
9
10
11
12
13
38
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
39
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
40
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
41
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
42
12Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
13
14
15
16
17
18
43
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
44
26October Bank Holiday
27
28
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
45
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
46
9
10
11Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
47
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
48
23
24
25
26Thanksgiving Day
27
28
29
49
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
49
1
2
3
4
5
6
50
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
51
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
52
21
22
23
24
25Christmas Day
26
27
53
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 1942 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1942
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 1942
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1942
Sunday
Washington's Birthday
Monday 23 February 1942
30 May 1942
Saturday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1942
Saturday
Independence Day
On the day
7 September 1942
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1942
Monday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1942
Wednesday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
26 November 1942
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
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
3 April 1942
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
6 April 1942
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 May 1942
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1942
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1942
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 1942
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1942
Friday
2 January
On the day
3 April 1942
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
25 May 1942
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1942
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1942
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 1942
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
3 April 1942
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
6 April 1942
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 May 1942
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1942
Sunday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 13 July 1942
3 August 1942
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1942
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1942
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1942
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
6 April 1942
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1942
Monday
May Day
On the day
1 June 1942
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
3 August 1942
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
26 October 1942
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
St Stephen's Day
Monday 28 December 1942
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 1942
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
3 April 1942
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 May 1942
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1942
Wednesday
Canada Day
On the day
7 September 1942
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
12 October 1942
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1942
Wednesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1942
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 1942
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1942
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
3 April 1942
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
4 April 1942
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
6 April 1942
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1942
Saturday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 27 April 1942
8 June 1942
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1942
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1942
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1942
The sky in 1942
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 1942.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
3 March 1942
00:21
Total lunar eclipse
96 minutes of totality · 220 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
16 March 1942
23:36
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
21 March 1942
06:10
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
22 June 1942
01:15
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
12 August 1942
02:44
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
26 August 1942
03:47
Total lunar eclipse
94 minutes of totality · 214 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
10 September 1942
15:39
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
23 September 1942
16:16
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 December 1942
11:39
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
2 January 1942
15:42
Wolf Moon
1 February 1942
09:12
Snow Moon
3 March 1942
00:20
Worm Moon
1 April 1942
12:32
Pink Moon
30 April 1942
22:00
Blue Moon
The second full moon in April.
30 May 1942
05:29
Flower Moon
28 June 1942
12:09
Strawberry Moon
27 July 1942
19:14
Buck Moon
26 August 1942
03:46
Sturgeon Moon
24 September 1942
14:34
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
24 October 1942
04:05
Hunter's Moon
22 November 1942
20:24
Beaver Moon
22 December 1942
15:03
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1942
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
2 January 1942
15:42
Full Moon
10 January 1942
06:05
Last Quarter
16 January 1942
21:32
New Moon
24 January 1942
06:36
First Quarter
1 February 1942
09:12
Full Moon
8 February 1942
14:52
Last Quarter
15 February 1942
10:03
New Moon
23 February 1942
03:40
First Quarter
3 March 1942
00:20
Full Moon
9 March 1942
22:01
Last Quarter
16 March 1942
23:50
New Moon
25 March 1942
00:01
First Quarter
1 April 1942
12:32
Full Moon
8 April 1942
04:43
Last Quarter
15 April 1942
14:34
New Moon
23 April 1942
18:10
First Quarter
30 April 1942
22:00
Full Moon
7 May 1942
12:13
Last Quarter
15 May 1942
05:45
New Moon
23 May 1942
09:11
First Quarter
30 May 1942
05:29
Full Moon
5 June 1942
21:26
Last Quarter
13 June 1942
21:02
New Moon
21 June 1942
20:45
First Quarter
28 June 1942
12:09
Full Moon
5 July 1942
08:58
Last Quarter
13 July 1942
12:03
New Moon
21 July 1942
05:13
First Quarter
27 July 1942
19:14
Full Moon
3 August 1942
23:04
Last Quarter
12 August 1942
02:28
New Moon
19 August 1942
11:31
First Quarter
26 August 1942
03:46
Full Moon
2 September 1942
15:42
Last Quarter
10 September 1942
15:53
New Moon
17 September 1942
16:57
First Quarter
24 September 1942
14:34
Full Moon
2 October 1942
10:27
Last Quarter
10 October 1942
04:06
New Moon
16 October 1942
22:58
First Quarter
24 October 1942
04:05
Full Moon
1 November 1942
06:18
Last Quarter
8 November 1942
15:19
New Moon
15 November 1942
06:57
First Quarter
22 November 1942
20:24
Full Moon
1 December 1942
01:37
Last Quarter
8 December 1942
01:59
New Moon
14 December 1942
17:47
First Quarter
22 December 1942
15:03
Full Moon
30 December 1942
18:37
Last Quarter
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 1942.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1942
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
98%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1942
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
42%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 1942
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
57%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1942
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
87%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1942
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1942
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
2%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1942
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1942
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
10%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 November 1942
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
24%
Mostly dark
17 November 1942
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
77%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1942
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
52%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1942
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1942
1942 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Thursday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1942 is not a leap year, so February has 28 days. 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 1942 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.