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1938 Calendar

Every month of 1938 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

1938 has 365 days, starts on a Saturday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Saturday 1 January 1938 to Saturday 31 December 1938. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1938, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1938 falls in week 52 of 1937, not in week 1 of 1938.

Since 1938 ended

The 1938 calendar, month by month

January
Wk MTWTFSS
52 1 New Year's Day 2
1 3 New Year's Day 4 2 January 5 6 7 8 9
2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
3 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
4 24 25 26 Australia Day 27 28 29 30
5 31
February
Wk MTWTFSS
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
7 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
8 21 22 Washington's Birthday 23 24 25 26 27
9 28
March
Wk MTWTFSS
9 1 2 3 4 5 6
10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
11 14 15 16 17 St Patrick's Day 18 19 20
12 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
13 28 29 30 31
April
Wk MTWTFSS
13 1 2 3
14 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
15 11 12 13 14 15 Good Friday 16 Easter Saturday 17
16 18 Easter Monday 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 25 Anzac Day 26 27 28 29 30
May
Wk MTWTFSS
17 1
18 2 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 23 Victoria Day 24 25 26 27 28 29
22 30 Memorial Day 31
June
Wk MTWTFSS
22 1 2 3 4 5
23 6 Whit Monday, June Bank Holiday 7 8 9 10 11 12
24 13 Queen's Birthday 14 15 16 17 18 19
25 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
26 27 28 29 30
July
Wk MTWTFSS
26 1 Canada Day 2 3
27 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9 10
28 11 12 Battle 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 MTWTFSS
31 1 Summer 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 29 30 31
September
Wk MTWTFSS
35 1 2 3 4
36 5 Labor 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 MTWTFSS
39 1 2
40 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
41 10 Thanksgiving 11 12 Columbus Day 13 14 15 16
42 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
43 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
44 31 October Bank Holiday
November
Wk MTWTFSS
44 1 2 3 4 5 6
45 7 8 9 10 11 Armistice Day, Remembrance Day 12 13
46 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
47 21 22 23 24 Thanksgiving Day 25 26 27
48 28 29 30
December
Wk MTWTFSS
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 26 Christmas Day, Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day 27 Christmas Day 28 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 1938 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 1938

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 1938 Saturday New Year's Day On the day
22 February 1938 Tuesday Washington's Birthday On the day
30 May 1938 Monday Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.) On the day
4 July 1938 Monday Independence Day On the day
5 September 1938 Monday Labor Day On the day
12 October 1938 Wednesday Columbus Day On the day
11 November 1938 Friday Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.) On the day
24 November 1938 Thursday Thanksgiving Day (Kept on the last Thursday in November by annual presidential proclamation until 1939.) On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Monday 26 December 1938
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
15 April 1938 Friday Good Friday On the day
18 April 1938 Monday Easter Monday On the day
6 June 1938 Monday Whit Monday On the day
1 August 1938 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 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 1938 Saturday New Year's Day Monday 3 January 1938
2 January 1938 Sunday 2 January Tuesday 4 January 1938
15 April 1938 Friday Good Friday On the day
6 June 1938 Monday Whit Monday On the day
1 August 1938 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 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
17 March 1938 Thursday St Patrick's Day On the day
15 April 1938 Friday Good Friday On the day
18 April 1938 Monday Easter Monday On the day
6 June 1938 Monday Whit Monday On the day
12 July 1938 Tuesday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) On the day
1 August 1938 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 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 1938 Saturday New Year's Day Monday 3 January 1938
17 March 1938 Thursday St Patrick's Day On the day
18 April 1938 Monday Easter Monday On the day
2 May 1938 Monday May Day On the day
6 June 1938 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
1 August 1938 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
31 October 1938 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 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 1938 Saturday New Year's Day Monday 3 January 1938
15 April 1938 Friday Good Friday On the day
23 May 1938 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 1938 Friday Canada Day On the day
5 September 1938 Monday Labour Day On the day
10 October 1938 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 1938 Friday Remembrance Day On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 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 1938 Saturday New Year's Day Monday 3 January 1938
26 January 1938 Wednesday Australia Day On the day
15 April 1938 Friday Good Friday On the day
16 April 1938 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
18 April 1938 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 1938 Monday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
13 June 1938 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 1938 Sunday Christmas Day Tuesday 27 December 1938
26 December 1938 Monday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 1938

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 1938.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
21 March 1938 06:42 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
14 May 1938 08:43 Total lunar eclipse 50 minutes of totality · 214 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
29 May 1938 13:49 Total solar eclipse Greatest eclipse at 52.7°S 22.0°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
22 June 1938 02:03 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1938 17:00 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
7 November 1938 22:26 Total lunar eclipse 82 minutes of totality · 210 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 November 1938 23:51 Partial solar eclipse The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
22 December 1938 12:13 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
16 January 1938 05:53 Wolf Moon
14 February 1938 17:14 Snow Moon
16 March 1938 05:15 Worm Moon
14 April 1938 18:21 Pink Moon
14 May 1938 08:39 Flower Moon
12 June 1938 23:47 Strawberry Moon
12 July 1938 15:05 Buck Moon
11 August 1938 05:57 Sturgeon Moon
9 September 1938 20:08 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
9 October 1938 09:37 Hunter's Moon
7 November 1938 22:23 Beaver Moon
7 December 1938 10:22 Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1938
Date Time (UTC) Phase
1 January 1938 18:58 New Moon
9 January 1938 14:13 First Quarter
16 January 1938 05:53 Full Moon
23 January 1938 08:09 Last Quarter
31 January 1938 13:35 New Moon
8 February 1938 00:33 First Quarter
14 February 1938 17:14 Full Moon
22 February 1938 04:24 Last Quarter
2 March 1938 05:40 New Moon
9 March 1938 08:35 First Quarter
16 March 1938 05:15 Full Moon
24 March 1938 01:06 Last Quarter
31 March 1938 18:52 New Moon
7 April 1938 15:10 First Quarter
14 April 1938 18:21 Full Moon
22 April 1938 20:14 Last Quarter
30 April 1938 05:28 New Moon
6 May 1938 21:24 First Quarter
14 May 1938 08:39 Full Moon
22 May 1938 12:36 Last Quarter
29 May 1938 14:00 New Moon
5 June 1938 04:32 First Quarter
12 June 1938 23:47 Full Moon
21 June 1938 01:52 Last Quarter
27 June 1938 21:10 New Moon
4 July 1938 13:47 First Quarter
12 July 1938 15:05 Full Moon
20 July 1938 12:19 Last Quarter
27 July 1938 03:54 New Moon
3 August 1938 02:00 First Quarter
11 August 1938 05:57 Full Moon
18 August 1938 20:30 Last Quarter
25 August 1938 11:17 New Moon
1 September 1938 17:28 First Quarter
9 September 1938 20:08 Full Moon
17 September 1938 03:12 Last Quarter
23 September 1938 20:34 New Moon
1 October 1938 11:45 First Quarter
9 October 1938 09:37 Full Moon
16 October 1938 09:24 Last Quarter
23 October 1938 08:42 New Moon
31 October 1938 07:45 First Quarter
7 November 1938 22:23 Full Moon
14 November 1938 16:20 Last Quarter
22 November 1938 00:05 New Moon
30 November 1938 04:00 First Quarter
7 December 1938 10:22 Full Moon
14 December 1938 01:17 Last Quarter
21 December 1938 18:07 New Moon
29 December 1938 22:53 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 1938.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 1938 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 4% Dark sky, near new moon
22 April 1938 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 49% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 1938 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 50% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1938 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 19% Mostly dark
12 August 1938 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 97% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 1938 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 100% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1938 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 3% Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1938 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 95% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1938 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 70% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
17 November 1938 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 17% Mostly dark
14 December 1938 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 41% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1938 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 1% Dark sky, near new moon

About the year 1938

1938 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Saturday
31 December Saturday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 105

1938 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 1938 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.