Every month of 1974 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1974 has 365 days, starts on a Tuesday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Tuesday 1 January 1974 to Tuesday 31 December 1974. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1974, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 2 headline eclipses, starting with the total solar eclipse on Thursday 20 June 1974.
Since 1974 ended
18,847days
The 1974 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
18Washington's Birthday
19
20
21
22
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
12Good Friday
13Easter Saturday
14
16
15Easter Monday
16
17
18
19
20
21
17
22
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
27Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
28
29
30
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
23
3June Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
24
10Queen'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
26Summer Bank Holiday
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
12
13
42
14Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
15
16
17
18
19
20
43
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
44
28Veterans Day, October 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
11Remembrance 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 1974 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1974
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 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
18 February 1974
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
27 May 1974
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 1974
Thursday
Independence Day
On the day
2 September 1974
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
14 October 1974
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
28 October 1974
Monday
Veterans Day (Moved to October by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act; returned to 11 November in 1978.)
On the day
28 November 1974
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1974
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
1 January 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
12 April 1974
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
15 April 1974
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
27 May 1974
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
26 August 1974
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
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 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1974
Wednesday
2 January
On the day
12 April 1974
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
27 May 1974
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
5 August 1974
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
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
1 January 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1974
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1974
12 April 1974
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
15 April 1974
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
27 May 1974
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 1974
Friday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
26 August 1974
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
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 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1974
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1974
15 April 1974
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
6 May 1974
Monday
May Day
On the day
3 June 1974
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
5 August 1974
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
28 October 1974
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
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 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
12 April 1974
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 May 1974
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1974
Monday
Canada Day
On the day
2 September 1974
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
14 October 1974
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1974
Monday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
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 1974
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1974
Saturday
Australia Day
Monday 28 January 1974
12 April 1974
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
13 April 1974
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
15 April 1974
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1974
Thursday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
10 June 1974
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1974
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1974
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1974
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 1974.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
21 March 1974
00:06
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
4 June 1974
22:15
Partial lunar eclipse
194 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 June 1974
04:47
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 32.1°S 103.8°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
21 June 1974
18:37
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1974
09:58
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
29 November 1974
15:13
Total lunar eclipse
76 minutes of totality · 210 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
13 December 1974
16:12
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
22 December 1974
05:55
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
8 January 1974
12:36
Wolf Moon
6 February 1974
23:24
Snow Moon
8 March 1974
10:03
Worm Moon
6 April 1974
21:00
Pink Moon
6 May 1974
08:55
Flower Moon
4 June 1974
22:10
Strawberry Moon
4 July 1974
12:41
Buck Moon
3 August 1974
03:57
Sturgeon Moon
1 September 1974
19:25
Corn Moon
1 October 1974
10:38
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
31 October 1974
01:19
Blue Moon
The second full moon in October.
29 November 1974
15:10
Beaver Moon
29 December 1974
03:51
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1974
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
1 January 1974
18:06
First Quarter
8 January 1974
12:36
Full Moon
15 January 1974
07:04
Last Quarter
23 January 1974
11:02
New Moon
31 January 1974
07:39
First Quarter
6 February 1974
23:24
Full Moon
14 February 1974
00:04
Last Quarter
22 February 1974
05:34
New Moon
1 March 1974
18:03
First Quarter
8 March 1974
10:03
Full Moon
15 March 1974
19:15
Last Quarter
23 March 1974
21:24
New Moon
31 March 1974
01:44
First Quarter
6 April 1974
21:00
Full Moon
14 April 1974
14:58
Last Quarter
22 April 1974
10:17
New Moon
29 April 1974
07:39
First Quarter
6 May 1974
08:55
Full Moon
14 May 1974
09:29
Last Quarter
21 May 1974
20:34
New Moon
28 May 1974
13:03
First Quarter
4 June 1974
22:10
Full Moon
13 June 1974
01:45
Last Quarter
20 June 1974
04:56
New Moon
26 June 1974
19:20
First Quarter
4 July 1974
12:41
Full Moon
12 July 1974
15:28
Last Quarter
19 July 1974
12:06
New Moon
26 July 1974
03:51
First Quarter
3 August 1974
03:57
Full Moon
11 August 1974
02:46
Last Quarter
17 August 1974
19:02
New Moon
24 August 1974
15:39
First Quarter
1 September 1974
19:25
Full Moon
9 September 1974
12:01
Last Quarter
16 September 1974
02:45
New Moon
23 September 1974
07:08
First Quarter
1 October 1974
10:38
Full Moon
8 October 1974
19:46
Last Quarter
15 October 1974
12:25
New Moon
23 October 1974
01:53
First Quarter
31 October 1974
01:19
Full Moon
7 November 1974
02:47
Last Quarter
14 November 1974
00:53
New Moon
21 November 1974
22:40
First Quarter
29 November 1974
15:10
Full Moon
6 December 1974
10:10
Last Quarter
13 December 1974
16:25
New Moon
21 December 1974
19:44
First Quarter
29 December 1974
03:51
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 1974.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1974
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
73%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1974
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
6 May 1974
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1974
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
91%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1974
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
31%
Mostly dark
8 October 1974
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
49%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 1974
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
39%
Mostly dark
5 November 1974
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
64%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
12 November 1974
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
2%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1974
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
15%
Dark sky, near new moon
14 December 1974
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
2%
Dark sky, near new moon
22 December 1974
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
61%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
About the year 1974
1974 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Tuesday
31 December
Tuesday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
104
1974 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 1974 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.