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2003 Calendar

Every month of 2003 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

2003 has 365 days, starts on a Wednesday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Wednesday 1 January 2003 to Wednesday 31 December 2003. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 2003, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 4 headline eclipses, starting with the total lunar eclipse on Friday 16 May 2003.

Since 2003 ended

The 2003 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 29 30
14 31
April
Wk MTWTFSS
14 1 2 3 4 5 6
15 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
16 14 15 16 17 18 Good Friday 19 Easter Saturday 20
17 21 Easter Monday 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 2003 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 2003

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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
20 January 2003 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day On the day
17 February 2003 Monday Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.) On the day
26 May 2003 Monday Memorial Day On the day
4 July 2003 Friday Independence Day On the day
1 September 2003 Monday Labor Day On the day
13 October 2003 Monday Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.) On the day
11 November 2003 Tuesday Veterans Day On the day
27 November 2003 Thursday Thanksgiving Day On the day
25 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
18 April 2003 Friday Good Friday On the day
21 April 2003 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 2003 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 2003 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
25 August 2003 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
2 January 2003 Thursday 2 January On the day
18 April 2003 Friday Good Friday On the day
5 May 2003 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 2003 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
4 August 2003 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 2003 Monday St Patrick's Day On the day
18 April 2003 Friday Good Friday On the day
21 April 2003 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 2003 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
26 May 2003 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
12 July 2003 Saturday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) Monday 14 July 2003
25 August 2003 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
17 March 2003 Monday St Patrick's Day On the day
21 April 2003 Monday Easter Monday On the day
5 May 2003 Monday May Day On the day
2 June 2003 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
4 August 2003 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
27 October 2003 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
18 April 2003 Friday Good Friday On the day
19 May 2003 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 2003 Tuesday Canada Day On the day
1 September 2003 Monday Labour Day On the day
13 October 2003 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 2003 Tuesday Remembrance Day On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 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 2003 Wednesday New Year's Day On the day
26 January 2003 Sunday Australia Day Monday 27 January 2003
18 April 2003 Friday Good Friday On the day
19 April 2003 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
21 April 2003 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 2003 Friday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
9 June 2003 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 2003 Thursday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 2003 Friday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 2003

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 2003.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
21 March 2003 01:00 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
16 May 2003 03:40 Total lunar eclipse 52 minutes of totality · 194 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
31 May 2003 04:08 Annular solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 66.5°N 24.5°W, 88% of the Sun covered there.
21 June 2003 19:10 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 2003 10:46 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
9 November 2003 01:18 Total lunar eclipse 26 minutes of totality · 212 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
23 November 2003 22:49 Total solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 72.7°S 88.4°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
22 December 2003 07:03 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
18 January 2003 10:48 Wolf Moon
16 February 2003 23:51 Snow Moon
18 March 2003 10:35 Worm Moon
16 April 2003 19:36 Pink Moon
16 May 2003 03:36 Flower Moon
14 June 2003 11:16 Strawberry Moon
13 July 2003 19:21 Buck Moon
12 August 2003 04:48 Sturgeon Moon
10 September 2003 16:36 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
10 October 2003 07:28 Hunter's Moon
9 November 2003 01:14 Beaver Moon
8 December 2003 20:37 Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 2003
Date Time (UTC) Phase
2 January 2003 20:23 New Moon
10 January 2003 13:15 First Quarter
18 January 2003 10:48 Full Moon
25 January 2003 08:33 Last Quarter
1 February 2003 10:48 New Moon
9 February 2003 11:11 First Quarter
16 February 2003 23:51 Full Moon
23 February 2003 16:46 Last Quarter
3 March 2003 02:35 New Moon
11 March 2003 07:15 First Quarter
18 March 2003 10:35 Full Moon
25 March 2003 01:51 Last Quarter
1 April 2003 19:19 New Moon
9 April 2003 23:40 First Quarter
16 April 2003 19:36 Full Moon
23 April 2003 12:18 Last Quarter
1 May 2003 12:15 New Moon
9 May 2003 11:53 First Quarter
16 May 2003 03:36 Full Moon
23 May 2003 00:31 Last Quarter
31 May 2003 04:20 New Moon
7 June 2003 20:28 First Quarter
14 June 2003 11:16 Full Moon
21 June 2003 14:45 Last Quarter
29 June 2003 18:39 New Moon
7 July 2003 02:32 First Quarter
13 July 2003 19:21 Full Moon
21 July 2003 07:01 Last Quarter
29 July 2003 06:53 New Moon
5 August 2003 07:28 First Quarter
12 August 2003 04:48 Full Moon
20 August 2003 00:48 Last Quarter
27 August 2003 17:26 New Moon
3 September 2003 12:34 First Quarter
10 September 2003 16:36 Full Moon
18 September 2003 19:03 Last Quarter
26 September 2003 03:09 New Moon
2 October 2003 19:09 First Quarter
10 October 2003 07:28 Full Moon
18 October 2003 12:31 Last Quarter
25 October 2003 12:50 New Moon
1 November 2003 04:25 First Quarter
9 November 2003 01:14 Full Moon
17 November 2003 04:15 Last Quarter
23 November 2003 22:59 New Moon
30 November 2003 17:16 First Quarter
8 December 2003 20:37 Full Moon
16 December 2003 17:42 Last Quarter
23 December 2003 09:43 New Moon
30 December 2003 10:04 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 2003.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 2003 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 2% Dark sky, near new moon
22 April 2003 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 56% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 2003 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 25% Mostly dark
30 July 2003 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 3% Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 2003 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 99% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 2003 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 98% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 2003 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 17% Mostly dark
5 November 2003 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 91% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 2003 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 87% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 2003 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 42% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
14 December 2003 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 69% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 2003 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 0% Dark sky, near new moon

About the year 2003

2003 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Wednesday
31 December Wednesday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 104

2003 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 2003 wall calendar hangs again, unchanged, in any of them.

Nearby years

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.