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1961 Calendar

Every month of 1961 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

1961 has 365 days, starts on a Sunday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Sunday 1 January 1961 to Sunday 31 December 1961. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1961, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1961 falls in week 52 of 1960, not in week 1 of 1961.

Since 1961 ended

The 1961 calendar, month by month

January
Wk MTWTFSS
52 1
1 2 New Year's Day, 2 January 3 New Year's Day 4 5 6 7 8
2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
3 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
4 23 24 25 26 Australia Day 27 28 29
5 30 31
February
Wk MTWTFSS
5 1 2 3 4 5
6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
8 20 21 22 Washington's Birthday 23 24 25 26
9 27 28
March
Wk MTWTFSS
9 1 2 3 4 5
10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
11 13 14 15 16 17 St Patrick's Day 18 19
12 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
13 27 28 29 30 31 Good Friday
April
Wk MTWTFSS
13 1 Easter Saturday 2
14 3 Easter Monday 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
17 24 25 Anzac Day 26 27 28 29 30
May
Wk MTWTFSS
18 1 May Day 2 3 4 5 6 7
19 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 Whit Monday, Victoria Day 23 24 25 26 27 28
22 29 30 Memorial Day 31
June
Wk MTWTFSS
22 1 2 3 4
23 5 June Bank Holiday 6 7 8 9 10 11
24 12 Queen's Birthday 13 14 15 16 17 18
25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 26 27 28 29 30
July
Wk MTWTFSS
26 1 2
27 3 Canada Day 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9
28 10 11 12 Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) 13 14 15 16
29 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 31
August
Wk MTWTFSS
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
32 7 Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday 8 9 10 11 12 13
33 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
34 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
35 28 29 30 31
September
Wk MTWTFSS
35 1 2 3
36 4 Labor Day, Labour Day 5 6 7 8 9 10
37 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
38 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
39 25 26 27 28 29 30
October
Wk MTWTFSS
39 1
40 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
41 9 Thanksgiving 10 11 12 Columbus Day 13 14 15
42 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
43 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
44 30 October Bank Holiday 31
November
Wk MTWTFSS
44 1 2 3 4 5
45 6 7 8 9 10 11 Veterans Day 12
46 13 Remembrance Day 14 15 16 17 18 19
47 20 21 22 23 Thanksgiving Day 24 25 26
48 27 28 29 30
December
Wk MTWTFSS
48 1 2 3
49 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
50 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
51 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
52 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day 27 28 29 30 31
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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 1961 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 1961

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 1961 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1961
22 February 1961 Wednesday Washington's Birthday On the day
30 May 1961 Tuesday Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.) On the day
4 July 1961 Tuesday Independence Day On the day
4 September 1961 Monday Labor Day On the day
12 October 1961 Thursday Columbus Day On the day
11 November 1961 Saturday Veterans Day On the day
23 November 1961 Thursday Thanksgiving Day On the day
25 December 1961 Monday 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
31 March 1961 Friday Good Friday On the day
3 April 1961 Monday Easter Monday On the day
22 May 1961 Monday Whit Monday On the day
7 August 1961 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday 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 1961 Sunday New Year's Day Tuesday 3 January 1961
2 January 1961 Monday 2 January On the day
31 March 1961 Friday Good Friday On the day
22 May 1961 Monday Whit Monday On the day
7 August 1961 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday 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 1961 Friday St Patrick's Day On the day
31 March 1961 Friday Good Friday On the day
3 April 1961 Monday Easter Monday On the day
22 May 1961 Monday Whit Monday On the day
12 July 1961 Wednesday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) On the day
7 August 1961 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday 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 1961 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1961
17 March 1961 Friday St Patrick's Day On the day
3 April 1961 Monday Easter Monday On the day
1 May 1961 Monday May Day On the day
5 June 1961 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
7 August 1961 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
30 October 1961 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday 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 1961 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1961
31 March 1961 Friday Good Friday On the day
22 May 1961 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 1961 Saturday Canada Day Monday 3 July 1961
4 September 1961 Monday Labour Day On the day
9 October 1961 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 1961 Saturday Remembrance Day Monday 13 November 1961
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday 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 1961 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1961
26 January 1961 Thursday Australia Day On the day
31 March 1961 Friday Good Friday On the day
1 April 1961 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
3 April 1961 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 1961 Tuesday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
12 June 1961 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 1961 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1961 Tuesday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 1961

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 1961.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
15 February 1961 08:19 Total solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 47.4°N 40.0°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
2 March 1961 13:28 Partial lunar eclipse 194 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 March 1961 20:32 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
21 June 1961 15:30 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
11 August 1961 10:46 Annular solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 45.8°S 4.1°E, 88% of the Sun covered there.
26 August 1961 03:08 Partial lunar eclipse 186 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
23 September 1961 06:42 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 December 1961 02:19 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
1 January 1961 23:06 Wolf Moon
31 January 1961 18:47 Blue Moon The second full moon in January.
2 March 1961 13:35 Worm Moon
1 April 1961 05:47 Pink Moon
30 April 1961 18:41 Blue Moon The second full moon in April.
30 May 1961 04:37 Flower Moon
28 June 1961 12:38 Strawberry Moon
27 July 1961 19:50 Buck Moon
26 August 1961 03:13 Sturgeon Moon
24 September 1961 11:33 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
23 October 1961 21:31 Hunter's Moon
22 November 1961 09:44 Beaver Moon
22 December 1961 00:42 Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1961
Date Time (UTC) Phase
1 January 1961 23:06 Full Moon
10 January 1961 03:02 Last Quarter
16 January 1961 21:30 New Moon
23 January 1961 16:14 First Quarter
31 January 1961 18:47 Full Moon
8 February 1961 16:49 Last Quarter
15 February 1961 08:10 New Moon
22 February 1961 08:35 First Quarter
2 March 1961 13:35 Full Moon
10 March 1961 02:57 Last Quarter
16 March 1961 18:51 New Moon
24 March 1961 02:48 First Quarter
1 April 1961 05:47 Full Moon
8 April 1961 10:16 Last Quarter
15 April 1961 05:38 New Moon
22 April 1961 21:49 First Quarter
30 April 1961 18:41 Full Moon
7 May 1961 15:57 Last Quarter
14 May 1961 16:54 New Moon
22 May 1961 16:19 First Quarter
30 May 1961 04:37 Full Moon
5 June 1961 21:19 Last Quarter
13 June 1961 05:16 New Moon
21 June 1961 09:01 First Quarter
28 June 1961 12:38 Full Moon
5 July 1961 03:32 Last Quarter
12 July 1961 19:11 New Moon
20 July 1961 23:13 First Quarter
27 July 1961 19:50 Full Moon
3 August 1961 11:47 Last Quarter
11 August 1961 10:36 New Moon
19 August 1961 10:51 First Quarter
26 August 1961 03:13 Full Moon
1 September 1961 23:05 Last Quarter
10 September 1961 02:50 New Moon
17 September 1961 20:23 First Quarter
24 September 1961 11:33 Full Moon
1 October 1961 14:10 Last Quarter
9 October 1961 18:53 New Moon
17 October 1961 04:35 First Quarter
23 October 1961 21:31 Full Moon
31 October 1961 08:59 Last Quarter
8 November 1961 09:59 New Moon
15 November 1961 12:13 First Quarter
22 November 1961 09:44 Full Moon
30 November 1961 06:19 Last Quarter
7 December 1961 23:52 New Moon
14 December 1961 20:06 First Quarter
22 December 1961 00:42 Full Moon
30 December 1961 03:57 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 1961.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 1961 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 97% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1961 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 50% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 1961 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 59% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1961 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 86% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1961 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 2% Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1961 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 1% Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1961 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 95% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1961 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 7% Dark sky, near new moon
12 November 1961 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 22% Mostly dark
17 November 1961 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 76% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1961 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 51% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1961 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 99% Bright moon, only the brightest will show

About the year 1961

1961 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Sunday
31 December Sunday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 105

1961 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 1961 wall calendar hangs again, unchanged, in any of them.

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Nearby years

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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.