Every month of 1947 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1947 has 365 days, starts on a Wednesday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Wednesday 1 January 1947 to Wednesday 31 December 1947. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1947, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: there are 2 headline eclipses, starting with the total solar eclipse on Tuesday 20 May 1947.
Since 1947 ended
28,709days
The 1947 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
5
2
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
3
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
4
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
5
27Australia Day
28
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
6
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
7
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
8
17
18
19
20
21
22Washington's Birthday
23
9
24
25
26
27
28
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
10
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
12
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
21
22
23
13
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4Good Friday
5Easter Saturday
6
15
7Easter Monday
8
9
10
11
12
13
16
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
17
21
22
23
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
18
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
4
19
5May Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
20
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
21
19Victoria Day
20
21
22
23
24
25
22
26Whit Monday
27
28
29
30Memorial Day
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
23
2June Bank Holiday
3
4
5
6
7
8
24
9Queen's Birthday
10
11
12
13
14
15
25
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
26
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
27
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
6
28
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
29
14Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
15
16
17
18
19
20
30
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
31
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
3
32
4Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
5
6
7
8
9
10
33
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
34
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
35
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
36
1Labor Day, Labour Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
37
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
38
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
39
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
40
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
5
41
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
42
13Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
14
15
16
17
18
19
43
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
44
27October Bank Holiday
28
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
45
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
46
10
11Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
16
47
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
48
24
25
26
27Thanksgiving Day
28
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
49
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
50
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
51
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
52
22
23
24
25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27
28
1
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 1947 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1947
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 1947
Wednesday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1947
Saturday
Washington's Birthday
On the day
30 May 1947
Friday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1947
Friday
Independence Day
On the day
1 September 1947
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1947
Sunday
Columbus Day
Monday 13 October 1947
11 November 1947
Tuesday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
27 November 1947
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
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
4 April 1947
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
7 April 1947
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
26 May 1947
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
4 August 1947
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
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 1947
Wednesday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1947
Thursday
2 January
On the day
4 April 1947
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
26 May 1947
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
4 August 1947
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
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 1947
Monday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
4 April 1947
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
7 April 1947
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
26 May 1947
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1947
Saturday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 14 July 1947
4 August 1947
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
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 1947
Wednesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1947
Monday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
7 April 1947
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
5 May 1947
Monday
May Day
On the day
2 June 1947
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
4 August 1947
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
27 October 1947
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
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 1947
Wednesday
New Year's Day
On the day
4 April 1947
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
19 May 1947
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1947
Tuesday
Canada Day
On the day
1 September 1947
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
13 October 1947
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1947
Tuesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
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 1947
Wednesday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1947
Sunday
Australia Day
Monday 27 January 1947
4 April 1947
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
5 April 1947
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
7 April 1947
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1947
Friday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
9 June 1947
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1947
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1947
Friday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1947
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 1947.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
21 March 1947
11:12
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
20 May 1947
13:47
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 0.2°N 21.4°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
3 June 1947
19:15
Partial lunar eclipse
38 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 June 1947
06:19
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1947
21:28
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
12 November 1947
20:05
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 3.0°N 117.4°W, 93% of the Sun covered there.
28 November 1947
08:34
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 December 1947
16:42
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
7 January 1947
04:47
Wolf Moon
5 February 1947
15:50
Snow Moon
7 March 1947
03:15
Worm Moon
5 April 1947
15:29
Pink Moon
5 May 1947
04:53
Flower Moon
3 June 1947
19:27
Strawberry Moon
3 July 1947
10:39
Buck Moon
2 August 1947
01:50
Sturgeon Moon
31 August 1947
16:34
Blue Moon
The second full moon in August.
30 September 1947
06:41
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
29 October 1947
20:07
Hunter's Moon
28 November 1947
08:45
Beaver Moon
27 December 1947
20:27
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1947
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
7 January 1947
04:47
Full Moon
14 January 1947
02:56
Last Quarter
22 January 1947
08:34
New Moon
30 January 1947
00:07
First Quarter
5 February 1947
15:50
Full Moon
12 February 1947
21:58
Last Quarter
21 February 1947
02:00
New Moon
28 February 1947
09:12
First Quarter
7 March 1947
03:15
Full Moon
14 March 1947
18:28
Last Quarter
22 March 1947
16:34
New Moon
29 March 1947
16:15
First Quarter
5 April 1947
15:29
Full Moon
13 April 1947
14:23
Last Quarter
21 April 1947
04:19
New Moon
27 April 1947
22:18
First Quarter
5 May 1947
04:53
Full Moon
13 May 1947
08:08
Last Quarter
20 May 1947
13:44
New Moon
27 May 1947
04:36
First Quarter
3 June 1947
19:27
Full Moon
11 June 1947
22:58
Last Quarter
18 June 1947
21:26
New Moon
25 June 1947
12:25
First Quarter
3 July 1947
10:39
Full Moon
11 July 1947
10:54
Last Quarter
18 July 1947
04:15
New Moon
24 July 1947
22:54
First Quarter
2 August 1947
01:50
Full Moon
9 August 1947
20:22
Last Quarter
16 August 1947
11:12
New Moon
23 August 1947
12:40
First Quarter
31 August 1947
16:34
Full Moon
8 September 1947
03:57
Last Quarter
14 September 1947
19:28
New Moon
22 September 1947
05:42
First Quarter
30 September 1947
06:41
Full Moon
7 October 1947
10:29
Last Quarter
14 October 1947
06:10
New Moon
22 October 1947
01:11
First Quarter
29 October 1947
20:07
Full Moon
5 November 1947
17:04
Last Quarter
12 November 1947
20:01
New Moon
20 November 1947
21:44
First Quarter
28 November 1947
08:45
Full Moon
5 December 1947
00:55
Last Quarter
12 December 1947
12:53
New Moon
20 December 1947
17:44
First Quarter
27 December 1947
20:27
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 1947.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1947
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
85%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1947
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
4%
Dark sky, near new moon
6 May 1947
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
97%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1947
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
96%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1947
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
18%
Mostly dark
8 October 1947
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
33%
Mostly dark
21 October 1947
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
49%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 1947
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
48%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
12 November 1947
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1947
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
23%
Mostly dark
14 December 1947
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
5%
Dark sky, near new moon
22 December 1947
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
71%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1947
1947 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Wednesday
31 December
Wednesday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
104
1947 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 1947 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.