Every month of 1976 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1976 has 366 days, starts on a Thursday, is a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1976 to Friday 31 December 1976. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1976, two of which fall at a weekend and are kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1976 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1976 ended
18,116days
The 1976 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
16Washington's Birthday
17
18
19
20
21
22
9
23
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
26
27
28
14
29
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
16Good Friday
17Easter Saturday
18
17
19Easter Monday
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
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
22
24Victoria Day
25
26
27
28
29
30
23
31Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
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
30Summer Bank Holiday
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
11Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
12
13
14
15
16
17
43
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
44
25Veterans Day, October 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
11Remembrance 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
24Christmas Day
25
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 1976 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
16 February 1976
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
31 May 1976
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 1976
Sunday
Independence Day
Monday 5 July 1976
6 September 1976
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
11 October 1976
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
25 October 1976
Monday
Veterans Day (Moved to October by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act; returned to 11 November in 1978.)
On the day
25 November 1976
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Friday 24 December 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
16 April 1976
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
19 April 1976
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
31 May 1976
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
30 August 1976
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1976
Friday
2 January
On the day
16 April 1976
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
31 May 1976
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
2 August 1976
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1976
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
16 April 1976
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
19 April 1976
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
31 May 1976
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 1976
Monday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
30 August 1976
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1976
Wednesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
19 April 1976
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
3 May 1976
Monday
May Day
On the day
7 June 1976
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
2 August 1976
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
25 October 1976
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
St Stephen's Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
16 April 1976
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 May 1976
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1976
Thursday
Canada Day
On the day
6 September 1976
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
11 October 1976
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1976
Thursday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
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 1976
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1976
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
16 April 1976
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
17 April 1976
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
19 April 1976
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1976
Sunday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 26 April 1976
14 June 1976
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1976
Saturday
Christmas Day
Monday 27 December 1976
26 December 1976
Sunday
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 1976
The sky in 1976
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 1976.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
20 March 1976
11:49
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
29 April 1976
10:23
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 33.9°N 18.3°E, 89% of the Sun covered there.
13 May 1976
19:54
Partial lunar eclipse
76 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 June 1976
06:23
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
22 September 1976
21:48
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
23 October 1976
05:12
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 30.0°S 92.3°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
6 November 1976
23:01
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 December 1976
17:35
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
17 January 1976
04:47
Wolf Moon
15 February 1976
16:43
Snow Moon
16 March 1976
02:53
Worm Moon
14 April 1976
11:49
Pink Moon
13 May 1976
20:04
Flower Moon
12 June 1976
04:15
Strawberry Moon
11 July 1976
13:09
Buck Moon
9 August 1976
23:44
Sturgeon Moon
8 September 1976
12:52
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
8 October 1976
04:56
Hunter's Moon
6 November 1976
23:15
Beaver Moon
6 December 1976
18:15
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1976
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
1 January 1976
14:40
New Moon
9 January 1976
12:40
First Quarter
17 January 1976
04:47
Full Moon
23 January 1976
23:05
Last Quarter
31 January 1976
06:20
New Moon
8 February 1976
10:05
First Quarter
15 February 1976
16:43
Full Moon
22 February 1976
08:16
Last Quarter
29 February 1976
23:25
New Moon
9 March 1976
04:38
First Quarter
16 March 1976
02:53
Full Moon
22 March 1976
18:55
Last Quarter
30 March 1976
17:08
New Moon
7 April 1976
19:02
First Quarter
14 April 1976
11:49
Full Moon
21 April 1976
07:14
Last Quarter
29 April 1976
10:20
New Moon
7 May 1976
05:17
First Quarter
13 May 1976
20:04
Full Moon
20 May 1976
21:22
Last Quarter
29 May 1976
01:47
New Moon
5 June 1976
12:20
First Quarter
12 June 1976
04:15
Full Moon
19 June 1976
13:16
Last Quarter
27 June 1976
14:50
New Moon
4 July 1976
17:29
First Quarter
11 July 1976
13:09
Full Moon
19 July 1976
06:30
Last Quarter
27 July 1976
01:39
New Moon
2 August 1976
22:07
First Quarter
9 August 1976
23:44
Full Moon
18 August 1976
00:13
Last Quarter
25 August 1976
11:01
New Moon
1 September 1976
03:35
First Quarter
8 September 1976
12:52
Full Moon
16 September 1976
17:20
Last Quarter
23 September 1976
19:55
New Moon
30 September 1976
11:12
First Quarter
8 October 1976
04:56
Full Moon
16 October 1976
08:59
Last Quarter
23 October 1976
05:10
New Moon
29 October 1976
22:05
First Quarter
6 November 1976
23:15
Full Moon
14 November 1976
22:39
Last Quarter
21 November 1976
15:11
New Moon
28 November 1976
12:59
First Quarter
6 December 1976
18:15
Full Moon
14 December 1976
10:14
Last Quarter
21 December 1976
02:08
New Moon
28 December 1976
07:48
First 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 1976.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1976
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
6%
Dark sky, near new moon
22 April 1976
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
34%
Mostly dark
6 May 1976
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
47%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1976
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
18%
Mostly dark
12 August 1976
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
91%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 1976
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1976
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
3%
Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1976
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1976
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
70%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
17 November 1976
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
19%
Mostly dark
14 December 1976
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
45%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1976
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
5%
Dark sky, near new moon
About the year 1976
1976 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Friday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1976 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 1976 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.