Every month of 1946 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1946 has 365 days, starts on a Tuesday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Tuesday 1 January 1946 to Tuesday 31 December 1946. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1946, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 2 headline eclipses, starting with the total lunar eclipse on Friday 14 June 1946.
Since 1946 ended
29,074days
The 1946 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
5
6
2
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
3
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
4
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
5
28Australia Day
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
6
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
7
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
8
18
19
20
21
22Washington's Birthday
23
24
9
25
26
27
28
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
3
10
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
12
18St Patrick's Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
13
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
15
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
15
16
17
18
19Good Friday
20Easter Saturday
21
17
22Easter Monday
23
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
18
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
4
5
19
6May Day
7
8
9
10
11
12
20
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
20Victoria Day
21
22
23
24
25
26
22
27
28
29
30Memorial Day
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
23
3June Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
24
10Whit Monday, Queen's Birthday
11
12
13
14
15
16
25
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
26
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
6
7
28
8
9
10
11
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
29
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
30
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
31
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
3
4
32
5Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
6
7
8
9
10
11
33
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
34
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
35
26
27
28
29
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
1
36
2Labor Day, Labour Day
3
4
5
6
7
8
37
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
38
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
39
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
40
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
5
6
41
7
8
9
10
11
12Columbus Day
13
42
14Thanksgiving
15
16
17
18
19
20
43
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
44
28October Bank Holiday
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
3
45
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
46
11Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
16
17
47
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
48
25
26
27
28Thanksgiving Day
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
48
1
49
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
50
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
51
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
52
23
24
25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27
28
29
1
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 1946 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1946
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 1946
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1946
Friday
Washington's Birthday
On the day
30 May 1946
Thursday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1946
Thursday
Independence Day
On the day
2 September 1946
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1946
Saturday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1946
Monday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
28 November 1946
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
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
19 April 1946
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 April 1946
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
10 June 1946
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
5 August 1946
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
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 1946
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1946
Wednesday
2 January
On the day
19 April 1946
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
10 June 1946
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
5 August 1946
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
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 1946
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1946
19 April 1946
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 April 1946
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
10 June 1946
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1946
Friday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
5 August 1946
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1946
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1946
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1946
22 April 1946
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
6 May 1946
Monday
May Day
On the day
3 June 1946
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
5 August 1946
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
28 October 1946
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
St Stephen's Day
On the day
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 1946
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
19 April 1946
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 May 1946
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1946
Monday
Canada Day
On the day
2 September 1946
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
14 October 1946
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1946
Monday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
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 1946
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1946
Saturday
Australia Day
Monday 28 January 1946
19 April 1946
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 April 1946
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
22 April 1946
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1946
Thursday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
10 June 1946
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1946
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1946
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1946
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 1946.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
3 January 1946
12:15
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
21 March 1946
05:32
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
30 May 1946
20:59
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
14 June 1946
18:38
Total lunar eclipse
92 minutes of totality · 230 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 June 1946
00:44
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
29 June 1946
03:51
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
23 September 1946
15:40
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
23 November 1946
17:36
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
8 December 1946
17:48
Total lunar eclipse
58 minutes of totality · 196 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 December 1946
10:53
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
17 January 1946
14:47
Wolf Moon
16 February 1946
04:28
Snow Moon
17 March 1946
19:11
Worm Moon
16 April 1946
10:47
Pink Moon
16 May 1946
02:53
Flower Moon
14 June 1946
18:42
Strawberry Moon
14 July 1946
09:23
Buck Moon
12 August 1946
22:26
Sturgeon Moon
11 September 1946
10:00
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
10 October 1946
20:41
Hunter's Moon
9 November 1946
07:10
Beaver Moon
8 December 1946
17:52
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1946
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
3 January 1946
12:30
New Moon
10 January 1946
20:27
First Quarter
17 January 1946
14:47
Full Moon
25 January 1946
05:00
Last Quarter
2 February 1946
04:43
New Moon
9 February 1946
04:28
First Quarter
16 February 1946
04:28
Full Moon
24 February 1946
02:37
Last Quarter
3 March 1946
18:02
New Moon
10 March 1946
12:03
First Quarter
17 March 1946
19:11
Full Moon
25 March 1946
22:37
Last Quarter
2 April 1946
04:37
New Moon
8 April 1946
20:04
First Quarter
16 April 1946
10:47
Full Moon
24 April 1946
15:19
Last Quarter
1 May 1946
13:16
New Moon
8 May 1946
05:13
First Quarter
16 May 1946
02:53
Full Moon
24 May 1946
04:02
Last Quarter
30 May 1946
20:49
New Moon
6 June 1946
16:07
First Quarter
14 June 1946
18:42
Full Moon
22 June 1946
13:12
Last Quarter
29 June 1946
04:06
New Moon
6 July 1946
05:15
First Quarter
14 July 1946
09:23
Full Moon
21 July 1946
19:52
Last Quarter
28 July 1946
11:54
New Moon
4 August 1946
20:56
First Quarter
12 August 1946
22:26
Full Moon
20 August 1946
01:17
Last Quarter
26 August 1946
21:07
New Moon
3 September 1946
14:49
First Quarter
11 September 1946
10:00
Full Moon
18 September 1946
06:44
Last Quarter
25 September 1946
08:45
New Moon
3 October 1946
09:53
First Quarter
10 October 1946
20:41
Full Moon
17 October 1946
13:28
Last Quarter
24 October 1946
23:32
New Moon
2 November 1946
04:41
First Quarter
9 November 1946
07:10
Full Moon
15 November 1946
22:35
Last Quarter
23 November 1946
17:24
New Moon
1 December 1946
21:48
First Quarter
8 December 1946
17:52
Full Moon
15 December 1946
10:57
Last Quarter
23 December 1946
13:06
New Moon
31 December 1946
12:23
First 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 1946.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1946
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
22 April 1946
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
67%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 1946
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
36%
Mostly dark
30 July 1946
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
8%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 1946
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 1946
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
95%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1946
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
10%
Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1946
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
85%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1946
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
82%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 1946
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
30%
Mostly dark
14 December 1946
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
56%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1946
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
About the year 1946
1946 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Tuesday
31 December
Tuesday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
104
1946 is not a leap year, so February has 28 days.
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 1946 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.