Every month of 1953 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1953 has 365 days, starts on a Thursday, is not a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1953 to Thursday 31 December 1953. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1953, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1953 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1953 ended
26,517days
The 1953 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
2
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
4
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
5
26Australia Day
27
28
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
6
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
8
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
9
23Washington's Birthday
24
25
26
27
28
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
10
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
12
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
21
22
13
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
14
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3Good Friday
4Easter Saturday
5
15
6Easter Monday
7
8
9
10
11
12
16
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
17
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
18
27Anzac Day
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
19
4May Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
21
18Victoria Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
22
25Whit Monday
26
27
28
29
30Memorial Day
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
23
1June Bank Holiday
2
3
4
5
6
7
24
8Queen's Birthday
9
10
11
12
13
14
25
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
26
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
27
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
28
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
29
13Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
14
15
16
17
18
19
30
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
31
27
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
32
3Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
33
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
34
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
35
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
36
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
36
1
2
3
4
5
6
37
7Labor Day, Labour Day
8
9
10
11
12
13
38
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
39
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
40
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
41
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
42
12Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
13
14
15
16
17
18
43
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
44
26October Bank Holiday
27
28
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
45
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
46
9
10
11Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
47
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
48
23
24
25
26Thanksgiving Day
27
28
29
49
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
49
1
2
3
4
5
6
50
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
51
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
52
21
22
23
24
25Christmas Day
26
27
53
28Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
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 1953 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1953
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 1953
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1953
Sunday
Washington's Birthday
Monday 23 February 1953
30 May 1953
Saturday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1953
Saturday
Independence Day
On the day
7 September 1953
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1953
Monday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1953
Wednesday
Armistice Day (Renamed Veterans Day in 1954.)
On the day
26 November 1953
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
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
3 April 1953
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
6 April 1953
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 May 1953
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1953
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1953
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 1953
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1953
Friday
2 January
On the day
3 April 1953
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
25 May 1953
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
3 August 1953
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1953
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 1953
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
3 April 1953
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
6 April 1953
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 May 1953
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1953
Sunday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 13 July 1953
3 August 1953
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1953
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1953
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1953
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
6 April 1953
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1953
Monday
May Day
On the day
1 June 1953
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
3 August 1953
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
26 October 1953
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
St Stephen's Day
Monday 28 December 1953
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 1953
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
3 April 1953
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 May 1953
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1953
Wednesday
Canada Day
On the day
7 September 1953
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
12 October 1953
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1953
Wednesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1953
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 1953
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1953
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
3 April 1953
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
4 April 1953
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
6 April 1953
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1953
Saturday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 27 April 1953
8 June 1953
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1953
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1953
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1953
The sky in 1953
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 1953.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
29 January 1953
23:47
Total lunar eclipse
86 minutes of totality · 226 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
14 February 1953
00:58
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
20 March 1953
22:00
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
21 June 1953
16:59
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
11 July 1953
02:43
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
26 July 1953
12:20
Total lunar eclipse
102 minutes of totality · 216 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
9 August 1953
15:54
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
23 September 1953
08:06
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 December 1953
03:31
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
29 January 1953
23:44
Wolf Moon
28 February 1953
18:59
Snow Moon
30 March 1953
12:55
Worm Moon
29 April 1953
04:21
Pink Moon
28 May 1953
17:03
Flower Moon
27 June 1953
03:29
Strawberry Moon
26 July 1953
12:21
Buck Moon
24 August 1953
20:21
Sturgeon Moon
23 September 1953
04:16
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
22 October 1953
12:56
Hunter's Moon
20 November 1953
23:12
Beaver Moon
20 December 1953
11:44
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1953
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
8 January 1953
10:09
Last Quarter
15 January 1953
14:08
New Moon
22 January 1953
05:43
First Quarter
29 January 1953
23:44
Full Moon
7 February 1953
04:09
Last Quarter
14 February 1953
01:10
New Moon
20 February 1953
17:45
First Quarter
28 February 1953
18:59
Full Moon
8 March 1953
18:27
Last Quarter
15 March 1953
11:05
New Moon
22 March 1953
08:11
First Quarter
30 March 1953
12:55
Full Moon
7 April 1953
04:58
Last Quarter
13 April 1953
20:09
New Moon
21 April 1953
00:41
First Quarter
29 April 1953
04:21
Full Moon
6 May 1953
12:21
Last Quarter
13 May 1953
05:06
New Moon
20 May 1953
18:20
First Quarter
28 May 1953
17:03
Full Moon
4 June 1953
17:36
Last Quarter
11 June 1953
14:55
New Moon
19 June 1953
12:01
First Quarter
27 June 1953
03:29
Full Moon
3 July 1953
22:03
Last Quarter
11 July 1953
02:28
New Moon
19 July 1953
04:47
First Quarter
26 July 1953
12:21
Full Moon
2 August 1953
03:16
Last Quarter
9 August 1953
16:10
New Moon
17 August 1953
20:08
First Quarter
24 August 1953
20:21
Full Moon
31 August 1953
10:46
Last Quarter
8 September 1953
07:48
New Moon
16 September 1953
09:50
First Quarter
23 September 1953
04:16
Full Moon
29 September 1953
21:52
Last Quarter
8 October 1953
00:41
New Moon
15 October 1953
21:44
First Quarter
22 October 1953
12:56
Full Moon
29 October 1953
13:10
Last Quarter
6 November 1953
17:58
New Moon
14 November 1953
07:52
First Quarter
20 November 1953
23:12
Full Moon
28 November 1953
08:16
Last Quarter
6 December 1953
10:48
New Moon
13 December 1953
16:30
First Quarter
20 December 1953
11:44
Full Moon
28 December 1953
05:44
Last 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 1953.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1953
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
88%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1953
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
68%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
6 May 1953
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
46%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1953
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
75%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1953
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
10%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1953
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1953
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1953
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 November 1953
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
35%
Mostly dark
17 November 1953
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
87%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1953
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
64%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1953
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
93%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1953
1953 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Thursday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1953 is not a leap year, so February has 28 days. It is also a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which happens roughly every five to six years and regularly breaks payroll and reporting systems that assume 52.
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 1953 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.