Every month of 2006 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
2006 has 365 days, starts on a Sunday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Sunday 1 January 2006 to Sunday 31 December 2006. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 2006, two of which fall at a weekend and are kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 2006 falls in week 52 of 2005, not in week 1 of 2006.
Since 2006 ended
7,159days
The 2006 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
52
1
1
2New Year's Day, 2 January
3New Year's Day
4
5
6
7
8
2
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
3
16Martin Luther King Jr. Day
17
18
19
20
21
22
4
23
24
25
26Australia Day
27
28
29
5
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
7
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
8
20Washington's Birthday
21
22
23
24
25
26
9
27
28
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
3
4
5
10
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
11
13
14
15
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
12
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
13
27
28
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
13
1
2
14
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
15
10
11
12
13
14Good Friday
15Easter Saturday
16
16
17Easter Monday
18
19
20
21
22
23
17
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
29
30
May
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M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1Early May Bank Holiday, May Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
19
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
20
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
21
22Victoria Day
23
24
25
26
27
28
22
29Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
30
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
3
4
23
5June Bank Holiday
6
7
8
9
10
11
24
12Queen's Birthday
13
14
15
16
17
18
25
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
26
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
26
1
2
27
3Canada Day
4Independence Day
5
6
7
8
9
28
10
11
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
15
16
29
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
30
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
31
August
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M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
32
7Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
8
9
10
11
12
13
33
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
34
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
35
28Summer Bank Holiday
29
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
1
2
3
36
4Labor Day, Labour Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
37
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
38
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
39
25
26
27
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
39
1
40
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
41
9Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
10
11
12
13
14
15
42
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
43
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
44
30October Bank Holiday
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
3
4
5
45
6
7
8
9
10Veterans Day
11
12
46
13Remembrance Day
14
15
16
17
18
19
47
20
21
22
23Thanksgiving Day
24
25
26
48
27
28
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
48
1
2
3
49
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
50
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
51
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
52
25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27
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 2006 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 2006
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
16 January 2006
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the day
20 February 2006
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
29 May 2006
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 2006
Tuesday
Independence Day
On the day
4 September 2006
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
9 October 2006
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
11 November 2006
Saturday
Veterans Day
Friday 10 November 2006
23 November 2006
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
14 April 2006
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
17 April 2006
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 2006
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
29 May 2006
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
28 August 2006
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Tuesday 3 January 2006
2 January 2006
Monday
2 January
On the day
14 April 2006
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
1 May 2006
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
29 May 2006
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 2006
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
17 March 2006
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
14 April 2006
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
17 April 2006
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 2006
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
29 May 2006
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 2006
Wednesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
28 August 2006
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
17 March 2006
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
17 April 2006
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 2006
Monday
May Day
On the day
5 June 2006
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 2006
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
30 October 2006
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
14 April 2006
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 May 2006
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 2006
Saturday
Canada Day
Monday 3 July 2006
4 September 2006
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
9 October 2006
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 2006
Saturday
Remembrance Day
Monday 13 November 2006
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
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 2006
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 2006
26 January 2006
Thursday
Australia Day
On the day
14 April 2006
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
15 April 2006
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
17 April 2006
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 2006
Tuesday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
12 June 2006
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 2006
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2006
Tuesday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 2006
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 2006.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
14 March 2006
23:47
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 March 2006
18:25
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
29 March 2006
10:11
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 23.2°N 16.7°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
21 June 2006
12:25
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
7 September 2006
18:51
Partial lunar eclipse
92 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 September 2006
11:40
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 20.7°S 9.1°W, 88% of the Sun covered there.
23 September 2006
04:03
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 December 2006
00:21
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
14 January 2006
09:48
Wolf Moon
13 February 2006
04:45
Snow Moon
14 March 2006
23:36
Worm Moon
13 April 2006
16:40
Pink Moon
13 May 2006
06:51
Flower Moon
11 June 2006
18:03
Strawberry Moon
11 July 2006
03:02
Buck Moon
9 August 2006
10:54
Sturgeon Moon
7 September 2006
18:42
Corn Moon
7 October 2006
03:13
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
5 November 2006
12:58
Beaver Moon
5 December 2006
00:25
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 2006
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
6 January 2006
18:57
First Quarter
14 January 2006
09:48
Full Moon
22 January 2006
15:14
Last Quarter
29 January 2006
14:15
New Moon
5 February 2006
06:29
First Quarter
13 February 2006
04:45
Full Moon
21 February 2006
07:17
Last Quarter
28 February 2006
00:31
New Moon
6 March 2006
20:16
First Quarter
14 March 2006
23:36
Full Moon
22 March 2006
19:11
Last Quarter
29 March 2006
10:15
New Moon
5 April 2006
12:01
First Quarter
13 April 2006
16:40
Full Moon
21 April 2006
03:29
Last Quarter
27 April 2006
19:44
New Moon
5 May 2006
05:13
First Quarter
13 May 2006
06:51
Full Moon
20 May 2006
09:21
Last Quarter
27 May 2006
05:26
New Moon
3 June 2006
23:06
First Quarter
11 June 2006
18:03
Full Moon
18 June 2006
14:08
Last Quarter
25 June 2006
16:05
New Moon
3 July 2006
16:37
First Quarter
11 July 2006
03:02
Full Moon
17 July 2006
19:13
Last Quarter
25 July 2006
04:31
New Moon
2 August 2006
08:46
First Quarter
9 August 2006
10:54
Full Moon
16 August 2006
01:51
Last Quarter
23 August 2006
19:10
New Moon
31 August 2006
22:57
First Quarter
7 September 2006
18:42
Full Moon
14 September 2006
11:16
Last Quarter
22 September 2006
11:45
New Moon
30 September 2006
11:04
First Quarter
7 October 2006
03:13
Full Moon
14 October 2006
00:26
Last Quarter
22 October 2006
05:14
New Moon
29 October 2006
21:26
First Quarter
5 November 2006
12:58
Full Moon
12 November 2006
17:46
Last Quarter
20 November 2006
22:18
New Moon
28 November 2006
06:29
First Quarter
5 December 2006
00:25
Full Moon
12 December 2006
14:32
Last Quarter
20 December 2006
14:01
New Moon
27 December 2006
14:48
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 2006.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 2006
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
20%
Mostly dark
22 April 2006
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
30%
Mostly dark
6 May 2006
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
66%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 2006
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
27%
Mostly dark
12 August 2006
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
83%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 2006
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
95%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 2006
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 2006
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 2006
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
48%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
17 November 2006
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
9%
Dark sky, near new moon
14 December 2006
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
29%
Mostly dark
22 December 2006
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
6%
Dark sky, near new moon
About the year 2006
2006 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Sunday
31 December
Sunday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
105
2006 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 2006 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.