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1997 Calendar

Every month of 1997 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

1997 has 365 days, starts on a Wednesday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Wednesday 1 January 1997 to Wednesday 31 December 1997. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 1997, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 2 headline eclipses, starting with the total solar eclipse on Sunday 9 March 1997.

Since 1997 ended

The 1997 calendar, month by month

January
Wk MTWTFSS
1 1 New Year's Day 2 2 January 3 4 5
2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
4 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 21 22 23 24 25 26
5 27 Australia Day 28 29 30 31
February
Wk MTWTFSS
5 1 2
6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
8 17 Washington's Birthday 18 19 20 21 22 23
9 24 25 26 27 28
March
Wk MTWTFSS
9 1 2
10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
12 17 St Patrick's Day 18 19 20 21 22 23
13 24 25 26 27 28 Good Friday 29 Easter Saturday 30
14 31 Easter Monday
April
Wk MTWTFSS
14 1 2 3 4 5 6
15 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
17 21 22 23 24 25 Anzac Day 26 27
18 28 29 30
May
Wk MTWTFSS
18 1 2 3 4
19 5 Early May Bank Holiday, May Day 6 7 8 9 10 11
20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
21 19 Victoria Day 20 21 22 23 24 25
22 26 Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday 27 28 29 30 31
June
Wk MTWTFSS
22 1
23 2 June Bank Holiday 3 4 5 6 7 8
24 9 Queen's Birthday 10 11 12 13 14 15
25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
26 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
27 30
July
Wk MTWTFSS
27 1 Canada Day 2 3 4 Independence Day 5 6
28 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
29 14 Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) 15 16 17 18 19 20
30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 28 29 30 31
August
Wk MTWTFSS
31 1 2 3
32 4 Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday 5 6 7 8 9 10
33 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
34 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
35 25 Summer Bank Holiday 26 27 28 29 30 31
September
Wk MTWTFSS
36 1 Labor Day, Labour Day 2 3 4 5 6 7
37 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
38 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
39 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
40 29 30
October
Wk MTWTFSS
40 1 2 3 4 5
41 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
42 13 Columbus Day, Thanksgiving 14 15 16 17 18 19
43 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
44 27 October Bank Holiday 28 29 30 31
November
Wk MTWTFSS
44 1 2
45 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
46 10 11 Veterans Day, Remembrance Day 12 13 14 15 16
47 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
48 24 25 26 27 Thanksgiving Day 28 29 30
December
Wk MTWTFSS
49 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
50 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
51 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
52 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day 27 28
1 29 30 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 1997 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 1997

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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
20 January 1997 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day On the day
17 February 1997 Monday Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.) On the day
26 May 1997 Monday Memorial Day On the day
4 July 1997 Friday Independence Day On the day
1 September 1997 Monday Labor Day On the day
13 October 1997 Monday Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.) On the day
11 November 1997 Tuesday Veterans Day On the day
27 November 1997 Thursday Thanksgiving Day On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
28 March 1997 Friday Good Friday On the day
31 March 1997 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 1997 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 1997 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
25 August 1997 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
2 January 1997 Thursday 2 January On the day
28 March 1997 Friday Good Friday On the day
5 May 1997 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 1997 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
4 August 1997 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 1997 Monday St Patrick's Day On the day
28 March 1997 Friday Good Friday On the day
31 March 1997 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 1997 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 1997 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
12 July 1997 Saturday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) Monday 14 July 1997
25 August 1997 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 1997 Monday St Patrick's Day On the day
31 March 1997 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 1997 Monday May Day On the day
2 June 1997 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
4 August 1997 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
27 October 1997 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
28 March 1997 Friday Good Friday On the day
19 May 1997 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 1997 Tuesday Canada Day On the day
1 September 1997 Monday Labour Day On the day
13 October 1997 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 1997 Tuesday Remembrance Day On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday 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 1997 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
26 January 1997 Sunday Australia Day Monday 27 January 1997
28 March 1997 Friday Good Friday On the day
29 March 1997 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
31 March 1997 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 1997 Friday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
9 June 1997 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 1997 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1997 Friday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 1997

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 1997.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
9 March 1997 01:23 Total solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 57.8°N 130.7°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
20 March 1997 13:54 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
24 March 1997 04:39 Partial lunar eclipse 204 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 June 1997 08:19 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
2 September 1997 00:03 Partial solar eclipse The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
16 September 1997 18:46 Total lunar eclipse 62 minutes of totality · 198 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 September 1997 23:55 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
21 December 1997 20:07 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
23 January 1997 15:11 Wolf Moon
22 February 1997 10:27 Snow Moon
24 March 1997 04:45 Worm Moon
22 April 1997 20:34 Pink Moon
22 May 1997 09:13 Flower Moon
20 June 1997 19:09 Strawberry Moon
20 July 1997 03:20 Buck Moon
18 August 1997 10:56 Sturgeon Moon
16 September 1997 18:51 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
16 October 1997 03:46 Hunter's Moon
14 November 1997 14:12 Beaver Moon
14 December 1997 02:37 Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1997
Date Time (UTC) Phase
2 January 1997 01:45 Last Quarter
9 January 1997 04:26 New Moon
15 January 1997 20:02 First Quarter
23 January 1997 15:11 Full Moon
31 January 1997 19:40 Last Quarter
7 February 1997 15:06 New Moon
14 February 1997 08:58 First Quarter
22 February 1997 10:27 Full Moon
2 March 1997 09:38 Last Quarter
9 March 1997 01:15 New Moon
16 March 1997 00:06 First Quarter
24 March 1997 04:45 Full Moon
31 March 1997 19:38 Last Quarter
7 April 1997 11:02 New Moon
14 April 1997 17:00 First Quarter
22 April 1997 20:34 Full Moon
30 April 1997 02:37 Last Quarter
6 May 1997 20:47 New Moon
14 May 1997 10:55 First Quarter
22 May 1997 09:13 Full Moon
29 May 1997 07:51 Last Quarter
5 June 1997 07:04 New Moon
13 June 1997 04:52 First Quarter
20 June 1997 19:09 Full Moon
27 June 1997 12:42 Last Quarter
4 July 1997 18:40 New Moon
12 July 1997 21:44 First Quarter
20 July 1997 03:20 Full Moon
26 July 1997 18:28 Last Quarter
3 August 1997 08:14 New Moon
11 August 1997 12:43 First Quarter
18 August 1997 10:56 Full Moon
25 August 1997 02:24 Last Quarter
1 September 1997 23:52 New Moon
10 September 1997 01:31 First Quarter
16 September 1997 18:51 Full Moon
23 September 1997 13:35 Last Quarter
1 October 1997 16:52 New Moon
9 October 1997 12:22 First Quarter
16 October 1997 03:46 Full Moon
23 October 1997 04:48 Last Quarter
31 October 1997 10:01 New Moon
7 November 1997 21:44 First Quarter
14 November 1997 14:12 Full Moon
21 November 1997 23:58 Last Quarter
30 November 1997 02:14 New Moon
7 December 1997 06:09 First Quarter
14 December 1997 02:37 Full Moon
21 December 1997 21:43 Last Quarter
29 December 1997 16:57 New 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 1997.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 1997 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 32% Mostly dark
22 April 1997 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 100% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 1997 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 0% Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 1997 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 11% Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 1997 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 64% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 1997 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 44% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 1997 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 63% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 1997 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 29% Mostly dark
12 November 1997 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 96% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 1997 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 86% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1997 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 99% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 1997 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 41% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors

About the year 1997

1997 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Wednesday
31 December Wednesday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 104

1997 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 1997 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.