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1979 Calendar

Every month of 1979 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

1979 has 365 days, starts on a Monday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Monday 1 January 1979 to Monday 31 December 1979. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1979, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: there are 3 headline eclipses, starting with the total solar eclipse on Monday 26 February 1979.

Since 1979 ended

The 1979 calendar, month by month

January
Wk MTWTFSS
1 1 New Year's Day 2 2 January 3 4 5 6 7
2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
3 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
4 22 23 24 25 26 Australia Day 27 28
5 29 30 31
February
Wk MTWTFSS
5 1 2 3 4
6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
8 19 Washington's Birthday 20 21 22 23 24 25
9 26 27 28
March
Wk MTWTFSS
9 1 2 3 4
10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12 19 St Patrick's Day 20 21 22 23 24 25
13 26 27 28 29 30 31
April
Wk MTWTFSS
13 1
14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
15 9 10 11 12 13 Good Friday 14 Easter Saturday 15
16 16 Easter Monday 17 18 19 20 21 22
17 23 24 25 Anzac Day 26 27 28 29
18 30
May
Wk MTWTFSS
18 1 2 3 4 5 6
19 7 Early May Bank Holiday, May Day 8 9 10 11 12 13
20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 21 Victoria Day 22 23 24 25 26 27
22 28 Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday 29 30 31
June
Wk MTWTFSS
22 1 2 3
23 4 June Bank Holiday 5 6 7 8 9 10
24 11 Queen's Birthday 12 13 14 15 16 17
25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
26 25 26 27 28 29 30
July
Wk MTWTFSS
26 1
27 2 Canada Day 3 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 8
28 9 10 11 12 Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) 13 14 15
29 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
31 30 31
August
Wk MTWTFSS
31 1 2 3 4 5
32 6 Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday 7 8 9 10 11 12
33 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
34 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
35 27 Summer Bank Holiday 28 29 30 31
September
Wk MTWTFSS
35 1 2
36 3 Labor Day, Labour Day 4 5 6 7 8 9
37 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
38 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
39 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October
Wk MTWTFSS
40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
41 8 Columbus Day, Thanksgiving 9 10 11 12 13 14
42 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
43 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
44 29 October Bank Holiday 30 31
November
Wk MTWTFSS
44 1 2 3 4
45 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
46 12 Veterans Day, Remembrance Day 13 14 15 16 17 18
47 19 20 21 22 Thanksgiving Day 23 24 25
48 26 27 28 29 30
December
Wk MTWTFSS
48 1 2
49 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
50 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
51 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
52 24 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day 27 28 29 30
1 31
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  • 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 1979 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 1979

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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
19 February 1979 Monday Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.) On the day
28 May 1979 Monday Memorial Day On the day
4 July 1979 Wednesday Independence Day On the day
3 September 1979 Monday Labor Day On the day
8 October 1979 Monday Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.) On the day
11 November 1979 Sunday Veterans Day Monday 12 November 1979
22 November 1979 Thursday Thanksgiving Day On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
13 April 1979 Friday Good Friday On the day
16 April 1979 Monday Easter Monday On the day
7 May 1979 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
28 May 1979 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
27 August 1979 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
2 January 1979 Tuesday 2 January On the day
13 April 1979 Friday Good Friday On the day
7 May 1979 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
28 May 1979 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
6 August 1979 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 1979 Saturday St Patrick's Day Monday 19 March 1979
13 April 1979 Friday Good Friday On the day
16 April 1979 Monday Easter Monday On the day
7 May 1979 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
28 May 1979 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
12 July 1979 Thursday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) On the day
27 August 1979 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 1979 Saturday St Patrick's Day Monday 19 March 1979
16 April 1979 Monday Easter Monday On the day
7 May 1979 Monday May Day On the day
4 June 1979 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
6 August 1979 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
29 October 1979 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
13 April 1979 Friday Good Friday On the day
21 May 1979 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 1979 Sunday Canada Day Monday 2 July 1979
3 September 1979 Monday Labour Day On the day
8 October 1979 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 1979 Sunday Remembrance Day Monday 12 November 1979
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday 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 1979 Monday New Year's Day On the day
26 January 1979 Friday Australia Day On the day
13 April 1979 Friday Good Friday On the day
14 April 1979 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
16 April 1979 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 1979 Wednesday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
11 June 1979 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 1979 Tuesday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1979 Wednesday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 1979

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 1979.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
26 February 1979 16:54 Total solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 52.1°N 94.5°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
13 March 1979 21:08 Partial lunar eclipse 198 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 March 1979 05:21 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
21 June 1979 23:56 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
22 August 1979 17:21 Annular solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 59.6°S 108.5°W, 87% of the Sun covered there.
6 September 1979 10:54 Total lunar eclipse 46 minutes of totality · 192 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
23 September 1979 15:16 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 December 1979 11:09 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
13 January 1979 07:09 Wolf Moon
12 February 1979 02:40 Snow Moon
13 March 1979 21:14 Worm Moon
12 April 1979 13:15 Pink Moon
12 May 1979 02:01 Flower Moon
10 June 1979 11:55 Strawberry Moon
9 July 1979 19:59 Buck Moon
8 August 1979 03:21 Sturgeon Moon
6 September 1979 10:59 Corn Moon
5 October 1979 19:35 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
4 November 1979 05:47 Beaver Moon
3 December 1979 18:08 Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1979
Date Time (UTC) Phase
5 January 1979 11:15 First Quarter
13 January 1979 07:09 Full Moon
21 January 1979 11:24 Last Quarter
28 January 1979 06:20 New Moon
4 February 1979 00:37 First Quarter
12 February 1979 02:40 Full Moon
20 February 1979 01:17 Last Quarter
26 February 1979 16:45 New Moon
5 March 1979 16:23 First Quarter
13 March 1979 21:14 Full Moon
21 March 1979 11:22 Last Quarter
28 March 1979 03:00 New Moon
4 April 1979 09:57 First Quarter
12 April 1979 13:15 Full Moon
19 April 1979 18:30 Last Quarter
26 April 1979 13:15 New Moon
4 May 1979 04:26 First Quarter
12 May 1979 02:01 Full Moon
18 May 1979 23:57 Last Quarter
26 May 1979 00:01 New Moon
2 June 1979 22:38 First Quarter
10 June 1979 11:55 Full Moon
17 June 1979 05:01 Last Quarter
24 June 1979 11:58 New Moon
2 July 1979 15:24 First Quarter
9 July 1979 19:59 Full Moon
16 July 1979 10:59 Last Quarter
24 July 1979 01:41 New Moon
1 August 1979 05:58 First Quarter
8 August 1979 03:21 Full Moon
14 August 1979 19:02 Last Quarter
22 August 1979 17:11 New Moon
30 August 1979 18:09 First Quarter
6 September 1979 10:59 Full Moon
13 September 1979 06:16 Last Quarter
21 September 1979 09:47 New Moon
29 September 1979 04:20 First Quarter
5 October 1979 19:35 Full Moon
12 October 1979 21:24 Last Quarter
21 October 1979 02:23 New Moon
28 October 1979 13:06 First Quarter
4 November 1979 05:47 Full Moon
11 November 1979 16:24 Last Quarter
19 November 1979 18:04 New Moon
26 November 1979 21:09 First Quarter
3 December 1979 18:08 Full Moon
11 December 1979 13:59 Last Quarter
19 December 1979 08:24 New Moon
26 December 1979 05:11 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 1979.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 1979 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 33% Mostly dark
22 April 1979 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 17% Mostly dark
6 May 1979 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 75% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1979 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 37% Mostly dark
12 August 1979 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 70% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 1979 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 87% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1979 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 1% Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1979 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 96% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1979 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 39% Mostly dark
17 November 1979 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 4% Dark sky, near new moon
14 December 1979 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 20% Mostly dark
22 December 1979 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 16% Mostly dark

About the year 1979

1979 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Monday
31 December Monday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 104

1979 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 1979 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.