Every month of 1939 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1939 has 365 days, starts on a Sunday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Sunday 1 January 1939 to Sunday 31 December 1939. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1939, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1939 falls in week 52 of 1938, not in week 1 of 1939.
Since 1939 ended
31,631days
The 1939 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
16
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
20
21
22Washington's Birthday
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
7Good Friday
8Easter Saturday
9
15
10Easter Monday
11
12
13
14
15
16
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
17
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1May 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
29Whit Monday
30Memorial Day
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
Wk
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
28
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
9Thanksgiving
10
11
12Columbus Day
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
10
11Armistice Day
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 1939 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1939
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 1939
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1939
22 February 1939
Wednesday
Washington's Birthday
On the day
30 May 1939
Tuesday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1939
Tuesday
Independence Day
On the day
4 September 1939
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1939
Thursday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1939
Saturday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
23 November 1939
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day (Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving a week earlier in 1939-1941 to lengthen the shopping season. Many states kept the old date; the press called it Franksgiving. Congress fixed the fourth Thursday from 1942.)
On the day
25 December 1939
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
7 April 1939
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
10 April 1939
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1939
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
7 August 1939
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
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 1939
Sunday
New Year's Day
Tuesday 3 January 1939
2 January 1939
Monday
2 January
On the day
7 April 1939
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
29 May 1939
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
7 August 1939
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
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
17 March 1939
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
7 April 1939
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
10 April 1939
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1939
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1939
Wednesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
7 August 1939
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
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 1939
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1939
17 March 1939
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
10 April 1939
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 1939
Monday
May Day
On the day
5 June 1939
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 1939
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
30 October 1939
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
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 1939
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1939
7 April 1939
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 May 1939
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1939
Saturday
Canada Day
Monday 3 July 1939
4 September 1939
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
9 October 1939
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1939
Saturday
Remembrance Day
Monday 13 November 1939
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
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 1939
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1939
26 January 1939
Thursday
Australia Day
On the day
7 April 1939
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
8 April 1939
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
10 April 1939
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1939
Tuesday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
12 June 1939
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1939
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1939
Tuesday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1939
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 1939.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
21 March 1939
12:28
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
19 April 1939
16:45
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 73.2°N 129.2°W, 95% of the Sun covered there.
3 May 1939
15:11
Total lunar eclipse
64 minutes of totality · 208 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 June 1939
07:39
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1939
22:49
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
12 October 1939
20:39
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 72.8°S 155.2°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
28 October 1939
06:36
Partial lunar eclipse
204 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 December 1939
18:05
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
5 January 1939
21:30
Wolf Moon
4 February 1939
07:55
Snow Moon
5 March 1939
18:00
Worm Moon
4 April 1939
04:18
Pink Moon
3 May 1939
15:15
Flower Moon
2 June 1939
03:11
Strawberry Moon
1 July 1939
16:16
Buck Moon
31 July 1939
06:37
Blue Moon
The second full moon in July.
29 August 1939
22:09
Sturgeon Moon
28 September 1939
14:27
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
28 October 1939
06:42
Hunter's Moon
26 November 1939
21:55
Beaver Moon
26 December 1939
11:29
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1939
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
5 January 1939
21:30
Full Moon
12 January 1939
13:11
Last Quarter
20 January 1939
13:27
New Moon
28 January 1939
15:00
First Quarter
4 February 1939
07:55
Full Moon
11 February 1939
04:12
Last Quarter
19 February 1939
08:28
New Moon
27 February 1939
03:26
First Quarter
5 March 1939
18:00
Full Moon
12 March 1939
21:37
Last Quarter
21 March 1939
01:49
New Moon
28 March 1939
12:16
First Quarter
4 April 1939
04:18
Full Moon
11 April 1939
16:12
Last Quarter
19 April 1939
16:35
New Moon
26 April 1939
18:25
First Quarter
3 May 1939
15:15
Full Moon
11 May 1939
10:41
Last Quarter
19 May 1939
04:25
New Moon
25 May 1939
23:20
First Quarter
2 June 1939
03:11
Full Moon
10 June 1939
04:07
Last Quarter
17 June 1939
13:37
New Moon
24 June 1939
04:35
First Quarter
1 July 1939
16:16
Full Moon
9 July 1939
19:49
Last Quarter
16 July 1939
21:03
New Moon
23 July 1939
11:34
First Quarter
31 July 1939
06:37
Full Moon
8 August 1939
09:18
Last Quarter
15 August 1939
03:53
New Moon
21 August 1939
21:21
First Quarter
29 August 1939
22:09
Full Moon
6 September 1939
20:25
Last Quarter
13 September 1939
11:22
New Moon
20 September 1939
10:34
First Quarter
28 September 1939
14:27
Full Moon
6 October 1939
05:28
Last Quarter
12 October 1939
20:30
New Moon
20 October 1939
03:24
First Quarter
28 October 1939
06:42
Full Moon
4 November 1939
13:12
Last Quarter
11 November 1939
07:54
New Moon
18 November 1939
23:21
First Quarter
26 November 1939
21:55
Full Moon
3 December 1939
20:40
Last Quarter
10 December 1939
21:46
New Moon
18 December 1939
21:04
First Quarter
26 December 1939
11:29
Full 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 1939.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1939
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1939
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
12%
Dark sky, near new moon
6 May 1939
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
89%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1939
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1939
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
8%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1939
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
21%
Mostly dark
21 October 1939
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
67%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 1939
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
35%
Mostly dark
12 November 1939
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
3%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1939
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
40%
Mostly dark
14 December 1939
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
16%
Mostly dark
22 December 1939
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
86%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1939
1939 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Sunday
31 December
Sunday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
105
1939 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 1939 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.