Every month of 1950 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1950 has 365 days, starts on a Sunday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Sunday 1 January 1950 to Sunday 31 December 1950. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1950, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1950 falls in week 52 of 1949, not in week 1 of 1950.
Since 1950 ended
27,613days
The 1950 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 1950 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1950
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 1950
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1950
22 February 1950
Wednesday
Washington's Birthday
On the day
30 May 1950
Tuesday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1950
Tuesday
Independence Day
On the day
4 September 1950
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1950
Thursday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1950
Saturday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
23 November 1950
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1950
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 1950
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
10 April 1950
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1950
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
7 August 1950
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
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 1950
Sunday
New Year's Day
Tuesday 3 January 1950
2 January 1950
Monday
2 January
On the day
7 April 1950
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
29 May 1950
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
7 August 1950
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
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 1950
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
7 April 1950
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
10 April 1950
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1950
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1950
Wednesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
7 August 1950
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
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 1950
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1950
17 March 1950
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
10 April 1950
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 1950
Monday
May Day
On the day
5 June 1950
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 1950
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
30 October 1950
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
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 1950
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1950
7 April 1950
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 May 1950
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1950
Saturday
Canada Day
Monday 3 July 1950
4 September 1950
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
9 October 1950
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1950
Saturday
Remembrance Day
Monday 13 November 1950
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
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 1950
Sunday
New Year's Day
Monday 2 January 1950
26 January 1950
Thursday
Australia Day
On the day
7 April 1950
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
8 April 1950
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
10 April 1950
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1950
Tuesday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
12 June 1950
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1950
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1950
Tuesday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1950
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 1950.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
18 March 1950
15:31
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
21 March 1950
04:34
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
2 April 1950
20:44
Total lunar eclipse
28 minutes of totality · 190 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 June 1950
23:35
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
12 September 1950
03:38
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 54.8°N 172.3°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
23 September 1950
14:43
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
26 September 1950
04:16
Total lunar eclipse
46 minutes of totality · 210 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 December 1950
10:13
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
4 January 1950
07:48
Wolf Moon
2 February 1950
22:16
Snow Moon
4 March 1950
10:34
Worm Moon
2 April 1950
20:49
Pink Moon
2 May 1950
05:19
Flower Moon
31 May 1950
12:43
Blue Moon
The second full moon in May.
29 June 1950
19:58
Strawberry Moon
29 July 1950
04:18
Buck Moon
27 August 1950
14:51
Sturgeon Moon
26 September 1950
04:22
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
25 October 1950
20:47
Hunter's Moon
24 November 1950
15:14
Beaver Moon
24 December 1950
10:23
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1950
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
4 January 1950
07:48
Full Moon
11 January 1950
10:31
Last Quarter
18 January 1950
08:00
New Moon
26 January 1950
04:40
First Quarter
2 February 1950
22:16
Full Moon
9 February 1950
18:32
Last Quarter
16 February 1950
22:53
New Moon
25 February 1950
01:52
First Quarter
4 March 1950
10:34
Full Moon
11 March 1950
02:38
Last Quarter
18 March 1950
15:20
New Moon
26 March 1950
20:10
First Quarter
2 April 1950
20:49
Full Moon
9 April 1950
11:42
Last Quarter
17 April 1950
08:25
New Moon
25 April 1950
10:40
First Quarter
2 May 1950
05:19
Full Moon
8 May 1950
22:32
Last Quarter
17 May 1950
00:55
New Moon
24 May 1950
21:28
First Quarter
31 May 1950
12:43
Full Moon
7 June 1950
11:35
Last Quarter
15 June 1950
15:53
New Moon
23 June 1950
05:13
First Quarter
29 June 1950
19:58
Full Moon
7 July 1950
02:54
Last Quarter
15 July 1950
05:06
New Moon
22 July 1950
10:50
First Quarter
29 July 1950
04:18
Full Moon
5 August 1950
19:56
Last Quarter
13 August 1950
16:48
New Moon
20 August 1950
15:35
First Quarter
27 August 1950
14:51
Full Moon
4 September 1950
13:54
Last Quarter
12 September 1950
03:29
New Moon
18 September 1950
20:54
First Quarter
26 September 1950
04:22
Full Moon
4 October 1950
07:53
Last Quarter
11 October 1950
13:34
New Moon
18 October 1950
04:18
First Quarter
25 October 1950
20:47
Full Moon
3 November 1950
01:01
Last Quarter
9 November 1950
23:25
New Moon
16 November 1950
15:06
First Quarter
24 November 1950
15:14
Full Moon
2 December 1950
16:22
Last Quarter
9 December 1950
09:29
New Moon
16 December 1950
05:57
First Quarter
24 December 1950
10:23
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 1950.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1950
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1950
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
26%
Mostly dark
6 May 1950
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
71%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
30 July 1950
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
96%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1950
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1950
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
9%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1950
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
86%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1950
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
22%
Mostly dark
12 November 1950
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
13%
Dark sky, near new moon
17 November 1950
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
63%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
14 December 1950
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
37%
Mostly dark
22 December 1950
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
98%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1950
1950 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Sunday
31 December
Sunday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
105
1950 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 1950 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.