Every month of 1959 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1959 has 365 days, starts on a Thursday, is not a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1959 to Thursday 31 December 1959. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1959, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1959 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1959 ended
24,326days
The 1959 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
27Good Friday
28Easter Saturday
29
14
30Easter Monday
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4
5
15
6
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
18Whit Monday, Victoria Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
22
25
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
11Veterans 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 1959 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1959
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 1959
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1959
Sunday
Washington's Birthday
Monday 23 February 1959
30 May 1959
Saturday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1959
Saturday
Independence Day
On the day
7 September 1959
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1959
Monday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1959
Wednesday
Veterans Day
On the day
26 November 1959
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1959
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
27 March 1959
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
30 March 1959
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
18 May 1959
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1959
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1959
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 1959
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1959
Friday
2 January
On the day
27 March 1959
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 May 1959
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1959
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1959
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 1959
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
27 March 1959
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
30 March 1959
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
18 May 1959
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1959
Sunday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 13 July 1959
3 August 1959
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1959
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1959
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1959
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
30 March 1959
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1959
Monday
May Day
On the day
1 June 1959
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
3 August 1959
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
26 October 1959
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
St Stephen's Day
Monday 28 December 1959
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 1959
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
27 March 1959
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 May 1959
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1959
Wednesday
Canada Day
On the day
7 September 1959
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
12 October 1959
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1959
Wednesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1959
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 1959
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1959
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
27 March 1959
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
28 March 1959
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
30 March 1959
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1959
Saturday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 27 April 1959
8 June 1959
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1959
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1959
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1959
The sky in 1959
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 1959.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
21 March 1959
08:54
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
24 March 1959
20:11
Partial lunar eclipse
110 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
8 April 1959
03:23
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 19.1°S 137.6°E, 88% of the Sun covered there.
22 June 1959
03:49
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
17 September 1959
01:02
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
23 September 1959
19:08
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
2 October 1959
12:26
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 20.4°N 1.4°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
22 December 1959
14:34
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
24 January 1959
19:33
Wolf Moon
23 February 1959
08:54
Snow Moon
24 March 1959
20:03
Worm Moon
23 April 1959
05:13
Pink Moon
22 May 1959
12:56
Flower Moon
20 June 1959
20:00
Strawberry Moon
20 July 1959
03:33
Buck Moon
18 August 1959
12:51
Sturgeon Moon
17 September 1959
00:52
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
16 October 1959
15:59
Hunter's Moon
15 November 1959
09:42
Beaver Moon
15 December 1959
04:49
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1959
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
2 January 1959
10:51
Last Quarter
9 January 1959
05:34
New Moon
16 January 1959
21:27
First Quarter
24 January 1959
19:33
Full Moon
31 January 1959
19:07
Last Quarter
7 February 1959
19:22
New Moon
15 February 1959
19:20
First Quarter
23 February 1959
08:54
Full Moon
2 March 1959
02:54
Last Quarter
9 March 1959
10:51
New Moon
17 March 1959
15:10
First Quarter
24 March 1959
20:03
Full Moon
31 March 1959
11:07
Last Quarter
8 April 1959
03:29
New Moon
16 April 1959
07:33
First Quarter
23 April 1959
05:13
Full Moon
29 April 1959
20:39
Last Quarter
7 May 1959
20:12
New Moon
15 May 1959
20:09
First Quarter
22 May 1959
12:56
Full Moon
29 May 1959
08:14
Last Quarter
6 June 1959
11:54
New Moon
14 June 1959
05:23
First Quarter
20 June 1959
20:00
Full Moon
27 June 1959
22:12
Last Quarter
6 July 1959
02:01
New Moon
13 July 1959
12:02
First Quarter
20 July 1959
03:33
Full Moon
27 July 1959
14:22
Last Quarter
4 August 1959
14:34
New Moon
11 August 1959
17:10
First Quarter
18 August 1959
12:51
Full Moon
26 August 1959
08:03
Last Quarter
3 September 1959
01:56
New Moon
9 September 1959
22:07
First Quarter
17 September 1959
00:52
Full Moon
25 September 1959
02:22
Last Quarter
2 October 1959
12:31
New Moon
9 October 1959
04:23
First Quarter
16 October 1959
15:59
Full Moon
24 October 1959
20:22
Last Quarter
31 October 1959
22:41
New Moon
7 November 1959
13:24
First Quarter
15 November 1959
09:42
Full Moon
23 November 1959
13:03
Last Quarter
30 November 1959
08:46
New Moon
7 December 1959
02:12
First Quarter
15 December 1959
04:49
Full Moon
23 December 1959
03:28
Last Quarter
29 December 1959
19:09
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 1959.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1959
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
34%
Mostly dark
22 April 1959
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 1959
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 1959
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
21%
Mostly dark
12 August 1959
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
64%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 1959
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
47%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 1959
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
77%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1959
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
32%
Mostly dark
12 November 1959
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 1959
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1959
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 1959
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
53%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
About the year 1959
1959 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Thursday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1959 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 1959 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.