Every month of 1948 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1948 has 366 days, starts on a Thursday, is a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1948 to Friday 31 December 1948. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1948, three of which fall at a weekend and are kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1948 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1948 ended
28,343days
The 1948 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
26Good Friday
27Easter Saturday
28
14
29Easter Monday
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4
15
5
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
17Whit Monday
18
19
20
21
22
23
22
24Victoria 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
12Columbus Day
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
11Armistice Day, Remembrance 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 1948 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1948
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 1948
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1948
Sunday
Washington's Birthday
Monday 23 February 1948
30 May 1948
Sunday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
Monday 31 May 1948
4 July 1948
Sunday
Independence Day
Monday 5 July 1948
6 September 1948
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1948
Tuesday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1948
Thursday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
25 November 1948
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1948
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
26 March 1948
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
29 March 1948
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
17 May 1948
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
2 August 1948
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
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 1948
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1948
Friday
2 January
On the day
26 March 1948
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
17 May 1948
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
2 August 1948
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
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 1948
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
26 March 1948
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
29 March 1948
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
17 May 1948
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1948
Monday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
2 August 1948
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1948
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1948
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
29 March 1948
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
3 May 1948
Monday
May Day
On the day
7 June 1948
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
2 August 1948
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
25 October 1948
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
St Stephen's Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
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 1948
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 March 1948
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 May 1948
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1948
Thursday
Canada Day
On the day
6 September 1948
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
11 October 1948
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1948
Thursday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
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 1948
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1948
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
26 March 1948
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
27 March 1948
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
29 March 1948
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1948
Sunday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 26 April 1948
14 June 1948
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1948
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1948
26 December 1948
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1948
The sky in 1948
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 1948.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
20 March 1948
16:56
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
23 April 1948
13:38
Partial lunar eclipse
38 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
9 May 1948
02:25
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 39.8°N 131.2°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
21 June 1948
12:10
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1948
03:21
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
18 October 1948
02:35
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
1 November 1948
05:58
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 33.1°S 76.2°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
21 December 1948
22:33
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
26 January 1948
07:11
Wolf Moon
24 February 1948
17:16
Snow Moon
25 March 1948
03:10
Worm Moon
23 April 1948
13:28
Pink Moon
23 May 1948
00:37
Flower Moon
21 June 1948
12:54
Strawberry Moon
21 July 1948
02:31
Buck Moon
19 August 1948
17:32
Sturgeon Moon
18 September 1948
09:43
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
18 October 1948
02:24
Hunter's Moon
16 November 1948
18:32
Beaver Moon
16 December 1948
09:11
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1948
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
3 January 1948
11:13
Last Quarter
11 January 1948
07:45
New Moon
19 January 1948
11:32
First Quarter
26 January 1948
07:11
Full Moon
2 February 1948
00:32
Last Quarter
10 February 1948
03:02
New Moon
18 February 1948
01:55
First Quarter
24 February 1948
17:16
Full Moon
2 March 1948
16:36
Last Quarter
10 March 1948
21:15
New Moon
18 March 1948
12:27
First Quarter
25 March 1948
03:10
Full Moon
1 April 1948
10:25
Last Quarter
9 April 1948
13:17
New Moon
16 April 1948
19:42
First Quarter
23 April 1948
13:28
Full Moon
1 May 1948
04:48
Last Quarter
9 May 1948
02:30
New Moon
16 May 1948
00:55
First Quarter
23 May 1948
00:37
Full Moon
30 May 1948
22:43
Last Quarter
7 June 1948
12:56
New Moon
14 June 1948
05:40
First Quarter
21 June 1948
12:54
Full Moon
29 June 1948
15:23
Last Quarter
6 July 1948
21:09
New Moon
13 July 1948
11:30
First Quarter
21 July 1948
02:31
Full Moon
29 July 1948
06:12
Last Quarter
5 August 1948
04:13
New Moon
11 August 1948
19:40
First Quarter
19 August 1948
17:32
Full Moon
27 August 1948
18:46
Last Quarter
3 September 1948
11:21
New Moon
10 September 1948
07:05
First Quarter
18 September 1948
09:43
Full Moon
26 September 1948
05:07
Last Quarter
2 October 1948
19:42
New Moon
9 October 1948
22:10
First Quarter
18 October 1948
02:24
Full Moon
25 October 1948
13:42
Last Quarter
1 November 1948
06:03
New Moon
8 November 1948
16:47
First Quarter
16 November 1948
18:32
Full Moon
23 November 1948
21:22
Last Quarter
30 November 1948
18:45
New Moon
8 December 1948
13:58
First Quarter
16 December 1948
09:11
Full Moon
23 December 1948
05:12
Last Quarter
30 December 1948
09:45
New 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 1948.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1948
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
45%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 April 1948
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 1948
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
5%
Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 1948
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
33%
Mostly dark
12 August 1948
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
62%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 1948
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
40%
Mostly dark
21 October 1948
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
86%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1948
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
24%
Mostly dark
12 November 1948
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
86%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 1948
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1948
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
97%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 1948
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
54%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
About the year 1948
1948 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Friday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1948 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 1948 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.