Every month of 1968 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1968 has 366 days, starts on a Monday, is a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Monday 1 January 1968 to Tuesday 31 December 1968. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1968, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 3 headline eclipses, starting with the total lunar eclipse on Saturday 13 April 1968.
Since 1968 ended
21,038days
The 1968 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
5
6
7
2
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
3
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
4
22
23
24
25
26Australia Day
27
28
5
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
4
6
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
7
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
8
19
20
21
22Washington's Birthday
23
24
25
9
26
27
28
29
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
3
10
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
12
18St Patrick's Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
13
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
15
8
9
10
11
12Good Friday
13Easter Saturday
14
16
15Easter Monday
16
17
18
19
20
21
17
22
23
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
18
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
4
5
19
6May Day
7
8
9
10
11
12
20
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
20Victoria Day
21
22
23
24
25
26
22
27
28
29
30Memorial Day
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
23
3Whit Monday, June Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
24
10Queen's Birthday
11
12
13
14
15
16
25
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
26
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
6
7
28
8
9
10
11
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
29
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
30
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
31
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1
2
3
4
32
5Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
6
7
8
9
10
11
33
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
34
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
35
26
27
28
29
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
1
36
2Labor Day, Labour Day
3
4
5
6
7
8
37
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
38
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
39
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
40
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
5
6
41
7
8
9
10
11
12Columbus Day
13
42
14Thanksgiving
15
16
17
18
19
20
43
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
44
28October Bank Holiday
29
30
31
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
3
45
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
46
11Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
16
17
47
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
48
25
26
27
28Thanksgiving Day
29
30
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
48
1
49
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
50
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
51
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
52
23
24
25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27
28
29
1
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 1968 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1968
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 1968
Monday
New Year's Day
On the day
22 February 1968
Thursday
Washington's Birthday
On the day
30 May 1968
Thursday
Memorial Day (Kept as Decoration Day on a fixed 30 May until 1970.)
On the day
4 July 1968
Thursday
Independence Day
On the day
2 September 1968
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1968
Saturday
Columbus Day
On the day
11 November 1968
Monday
Veterans Day
On the day
28 November 1968
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
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
12 April 1968
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
15 April 1968
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
3 June 1968
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
5 August 1968
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
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 1968
Monday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1968
Tuesday
2 January
On the day
12 April 1968
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
3 June 1968
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
5 August 1968
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
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 1968
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1968
12 April 1968
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
15 April 1968
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
3 June 1968
Monday
Whit Monday
On the day
12 July 1968
Friday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
5 August 1968
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
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 1968
Monday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1968
Sunday
St Patrick's Day
Monday 18 March 1968
15 April 1968
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
6 May 1968
Monday
May Day
On the day
3 June 1968
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
5 August 1968
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
28 October 1968
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
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 1968
Monday
New Year's Day
On the day
12 April 1968
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 May 1968
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1968
Monday
Canada Day
On the day
2 September 1968
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
14 October 1968
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1968
Monday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
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 1968
Monday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1968
Friday
Australia Day
On the day
12 April 1968
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
13 April 1968
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
15 April 1968
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1968
Thursday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
10 June 1968
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1968
Wednesday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1968
Thursday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1968
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 1968.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
20 March 1968
13:21
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
28 March 1968
22:59
Partial solar eclipse
The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
13 April 1968
04:47
Total lunar eclipse
50 minutes of totality · 194 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 June 1968
08:13
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
22 September 1968
23:26
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
22 September 1968
11:18
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 56.2°N 64.1°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
6 October 1968
11:41
Total lunar eclipse
64 minutes of totality · 214 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 December 1968
19:00
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
15 January 1968
16:11
Wolf Moon
14 February 1968
06:43
Snow Moon
14 March 1968
18:52
Worm Moon
13 April 1968
04:52
Pink Moon
12 May 1968
13:05
Flower Moon
10 June 1968
20:13
Strawberry Moon
10 July 1968
03:18
Buck Moon
8 August 1968
11:32
Sturgeon Moon
6 September 1968
22:07
Corn Moon
6 October 1968
11:46
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
5 November 1968
04:25
Beaver Moon
4 December 1968
23:07
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1968
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
7 January 1968
14:23
First Quarter
15 January 1968
16:11
Full Moon
22 January 1968
19:38
Last Quarter
29 January 1968
16:29
New Moon
6 February 1968
12:21
First Quarter
14 February 1968
06:43
Full Moon
21 February 1968
03:28
Last Quarter
28 February 1968
06:56
New Moon
7 March 1968
09:20
First Quarter
14 March 1968
18:52
Full Moon
21 March 1968
11:08
Last Quarter
28 March 1968
22:48
New Moon
6 April 1968
03:28
First Quarter
13 April 1968
04:52
Full Moon
19 April 1968
19:35
Last Quarter
27 April 1968
15:21
New Moon
5 May 1968
17:54
First Quarter
12 May 1968
13:05
Full Moon
19 May 1968
05:44
Last Quarter
27 May 1968
07:30
New Moon
4 June 1968
04:47
First Quarter
10 June 1968
20:13
Full Moon
17 June 1968
18:14
Last Quarter
25 June 1968
22:25
New Moon
3 July 1968
12:42
First Quarter
10 July 1968
03:18
Full Moon
17 July 1968
09:11
Last Quarter
25 July 1968
11:50
New Moon
1 August 1968
18:34
First Quarter
8 August 1968
11:32
Full Moon
16 August 1968
02:13
Last Quarter
23 August 1968
23:57
New Moon
30 August 1968
23:35
First Quarter
6 September 1968
22:07
Full Moon
14 September 1968
20:31
Last Quarter
22 September 1968
11:08
New Moon
29 September 1968
05:07
First Quarter
6 October 1968
11:46
Full Moon
14 October 1968
15:05
Last Quarter
21 October 1968
21:44
New Moon
28 October 1968
12:40
First Quarter
5 November 1968
04:25
Full Moon
13 November 1968
08:53
Last Quarter
20 November 1968
08:02
New Moon
26 November 1968
23:30
First Quarter
4 December 1968
23:07
Full Moon
13 December 1968
00:50
Last Quarter
19 December 1968
18:19
New Moon
26 December 1968
14:15
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 1968.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1968
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
17%
Mostly dark
22 April 1968
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
20%
Mostly dark
6 May 1968
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
62%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1968
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
30%
Mostly dark
12 August 1968
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
79%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 1968
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1968
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1968
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1968
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
55%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
17 November 1968
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
8%
Dark sky, near new moon
14 December 1968
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
30%
Mostly dark
22 December 1968
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
14%
Dark sky, near new moon
About the year 1968
1968 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Monday
31 December
Tuesday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
104
1968 is a leap year, so February has 29 days. A year is a leap year when it divides by 4, except century years, which must also divide by 400. That is why 1900 was not a leap year and 2000 was.
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 1968 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.