Every month of 1988 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1988 has 366 days, starts on a Friday, is a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Friday 1 January 1988 to Saturday 31 December 1988. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 1988, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1988 falls in week 53 of 1987, not in week 1 of 1988.
Since 1988 ended
13,733days
The 1988 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
53
1New Year's Day
2
3
1
42 January
5
6
7
8
9
10
2
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
3
18Martin Luther King Jr. Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
4
25
26Australia Day
27
28
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
7
15Washington's Birthday
16
17
18
19
20
21
8
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
9
29
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
10
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
11
14
15
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
13
28
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
13
1Good Friday
2Easter Saturday
3
14
4Easter Monday
5
6
7
8
9
10
15
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
17
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
17
1
18
2Early May Bank Holiday, May Day
3
4
5
6
7
8
19
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
20
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
21
23Victoria Day
24
25
26
27
28
29
22
30Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
3
4
5
23
6June Bank Holiday
7
8
9
10
11
12
24
13Queen's Birthday
14
15
16
17
18
19
25
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
26
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
26
1Canada Day
2
3
27
4Independence Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
28
11
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
15
16
17
29
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
30
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
2
3
4
5
6
7
32
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
33
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
34
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
35
29Summer Bank Holiday
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
1
2
3
4
36
5Labor Day, Labour Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
37
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
38
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
39
26
27
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
39
1
2
40
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
41
10Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
11
12
13
14
15
16
42
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
43
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
44
31October Bank Holiday
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
3
4
5
6
45
7
8
9
10
11Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
46
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
47
21
22
23
24Thanksgiving Day
25
26
27
48
28
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
48
1
2
3
4
49
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
50
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
51
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
52
26Christmas Day, Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27Christmas Day
28
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 1988 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1988
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
18 January 1988
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the day
15 February 1988
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
30 May 1988
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 1988
Monday
Independence Day
On the day
5 September 1988
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
10 October 1988
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
11 November 1988
Friday
Veterans Day
On the day
24 November 1988
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Monday 26 December 1988
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
1 April 1988
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
4 April 1988
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 1988
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 1988
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
29 August 1988
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1988
Saturday
2 January
Monday 4 January 1988
1 April 1988
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
2 May 1988
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 1988
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
1 August 1988
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1988
Thursday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
1 April 1988
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
4 April 1988
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 1988
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 1988
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 1988
Tuesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
29 August 1988
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1988
Thursday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
4 April 1988
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 1988
Monday
May Day
On the day
6 June 1988
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
1 August 1988
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
31 October 1988
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
1 April 1988
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
23 May 1988
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1988
Friday
Canada Day
On the day
5 September 1988
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
10 October 1988
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1988
Friday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
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 1988
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1988
Tuesday
Australia Day
On the day
1 April 1988
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
2 April 1988
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
4 April 1988
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1988
Monday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
13 June 1988
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1988
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 1988
26 December 1988
Monday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1988
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 1988.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
3 March 1988
16:12
Partial lunar eclipse
16 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
18 March 1988
01:57
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 20.7°N 140.0°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
20 March 1988
09:39
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
21 June 1988
03:56
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
27 August 1988
11:04
Partial lunar eclipse
114 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
11 September 1988
04:43
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 20.0°S 94.4°E, 88% of the Sun covered there.
22 September 1988
19:29
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
21 December 1988
15:28
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
4 January 1988
01:41
Wolf Moon
2 February 1988
20:52
Snow Moon
3 March 1988
16:01
Worm Moon
2 April 1988
09:21
Pink Moon
1 May 1988
23:41
Flower Moon
31 May 1988
10:54
Blue Moon
The second full moon in May.
29 June 1988
19:46
Strawberry Moon
29 July 1988
03:25
Buck Moon
27 August 1988
10:56
Sturgeon Moon
25 September 1988
19:07
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
25 October 1988
04:36
Hunter's Moon
23 November 1988
15:53
Beaver Moon
23 December 1988
05:29
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1988
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
4 January 1988
01:41
Full Moon
12 January 1988
07:04
Last Quarter
19 January 1988
05:26
New Moon
25 January 1988
21:54
First Quarter
2 February 1988
20:52
Full Moon
10 February 1988
23:01
Last Quarter
17 February 1988
15:54
New Moon
24 February 1988
12:15
First Quarter
3 March 1988
16:01
Full Moon
11 March 1988
10:56
Last Quarter
18 March 1988
02:02
New Moon
25 March 1988
04:42
First Quarter
2 April 1988
09:21
Full Moon
9 April 1988
19:21
Last Quarter
16 April 1988
12:00
New Moon
23 April 1988
22:32
First Quarter
1 May 1988
23:41
Full Moon
9 May 1988
01:23
Last Quarter
15 May 1988
22:11
New Moon
23 May 1988
16:49
First Quarter
31 May 1988
10:54
Full Moon
7 June 1988
06:22
Last Quarter
14 June 1988
09:14
New Moon
22 June 1988
10:23
First Quarter
29 June 1988
19:46
Full Moon
6 July 1988
11:36
Last Quarter
13 July 1988
21:53
New Moon
22 July 1988
02:14
First Quarter
29 July 1988
03:25
Full Moon
4 August 1988
18:22
Last Quarter
12 August 1988
12:31
New Moon
20 August 1988
15:52
First Quarter
27 August 1988
10:56
Full Moon
3 September 1988
03:50
Last Quarter
11 September 1988
04:49
New Moon
19 September 1988
03:18
First Quarter
25 September 1988
19:07
Full Moon
2 October 1988
16:59
Last Quarter
10 October 1988
21:49
New Moon
18 October 1988
13:01
First Quarter
25 October 1988
04:36
Full Moon
1 November 1988
10:12
Last Quarter
9 November 1988
14:20
New Moon
16 November 1988
21:35
First Quarter
23 November 1988
15:53
Full Moon
1 December 1988
06:50
Last Quarter
9 December 1988
05:36
New Moon
16 December 1988
05:40
First Quarter
23 December 1988
05:29
Full Moon
31 December 1988
04:57
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 1988.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1988
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1988
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
40%
Mostly dark
6 May 1988
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
74%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1988
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
95%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1988
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1988
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
4%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1988
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
85%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1988
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
12%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 November 1988
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
12%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1988
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
62%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
14 December 1988
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
35%
Mostly dark
22 December 1988
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1988
1988 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Friday
31 December
Saturday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
105
1988 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.
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 1988 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.