Every month of 1972 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1972 has 366 days, starts on a Saturday, is a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Saturday 1 January 1972 to Sunday 31 December 1972. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1972, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1972 falls in week 52 of 1971, not in week 1 of 1972.
Since 1972 ended
19,577days
The 1972 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
52
1
2
1
3New Year's Day
42 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
26Australia Day
27
28
29
30
5
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
7
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
8
21Washington's Birthday
22
23
24
25
26
27
9
28
29
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
31Good Friday
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
13
1Easter Saturday
2
14
3Easter Monday
4
5
6
7
8
9
15
10
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
29Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
30
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
28Summer Bank Holiday
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
9Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
10
11
12
13
14
15
42
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
43
23Veterans Day
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
11
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 1972 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1972
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 1972
Saturday
New Year's Day
Friday 31 December 1971
21 February 1972
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
29 May 1972
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 1972
Tuesday
Independence Day
On the day
4 September 1972
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
9 October 1972
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
23 October 1972
Monday
Veterans Day (Moved to October by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act; returned to 11 November in 1978.)
On the day
23 November 1972
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1972
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
31 March 1972
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
3 April 1972
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1972
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
28 August 1972
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
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 1972
Saturday
New Year's Day
Monday 3 January 1972
2 January 1972
Sunday
2 January
Tuesday 4 January 1972
31 March 1972
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
29 May 1972
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 1972
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
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 1972
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
31 March 1972
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
3 April 1972
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
29 May 1972
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 1972
Wednesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
28 August 1972
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
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 1972
Saturday
New Year's Day
Monday 3 January 1972
17 March 1972
Friday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
3 April 1972
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
1 May 1972
Monday
May Day
On the day
5 June 1972
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
7 August 1972
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
30 October 1972
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
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 1972
Saturday
New Year's Day
Monday 3 January 1972
31 March 1972
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 May 1972
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1972
Saturday
Canada Day
Monday 3 July 1972
4 September 1972
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
9 October 1972
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1972
Saturday
Remembrance Day
Monday 13 November 1972
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
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 1972
Saturday
New Year's Day
Monday 3 January 1972
26 January 1972
Wednesday
Australia Day
On the day
31 March 1972
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
1 April 1972
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
3 April 1972
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1972
Tuesday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
12 June 1972
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1972
Monday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1972
Tuesday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 1972
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 1972.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
16 January 1972
11:02
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 74.9°S 107.5°E, 94% of the Sun covered there.
30 January 1972
10:53
Total lunar eclipse
36 minutes of totality · 204 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 March 1972
12:21
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
21 June 1972
07:05
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
10 July 1972
19:45
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 63.5°N 94.2°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
26 July 1972
07:15
Partial lunar eclipse
160 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 September 1972
22:32
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
21 December 1972
18:13
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
30 January 1972
10:58
Wolf Moon
29 February 1972
03:12
Snow Moon
29 March 1972
20:06
Worm Moon
28 April 1972
12:45
Pink Moon
28 May 1972
04:28
Flower Moon
26 June 1972
18:46
Strawberry Moon
26 July 1972
07:24
Buck Moon
24 August 1972
18:22
Sturgeon Moon
23 September 1972
04:07
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
22 October 1972
13:25
Hunter's Moon
20 November 1972
23:07
Beaver Moon
20 December 1972
09:45
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1972
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
8 January 1972
13:31
Last Quarter
16 January 1972
10:53
New Moon
23 January 1972
09:29
First Quarter
30 January 1972
10:58
Full Moon
7 February 1972
11:12
Last Quarter
15 February 1972
00:29
New Moon
21 February 1972
17:20
First Quarter
29 February 1972
03:12
Full Moon
8 March 1972
07:06
Last Quarter
15 March 1972
11:35
New Moon
22 March 1972
02:12
First Quarter
29 March 1972
20:06
Full Moon
6 April 1972
23:45
Last Quarter
13 April 1972
20:31
New Moon
20 April 1972
12:45
First Quarter
28 April 1972
12:45
Full Moon
6 May 1972
12:26
Last Quarter
13 May 1972
04:08
New Moon
20 May 1972
01:17
First Quarter
28 May 1972
04:28
Full Moon
4 June 1972
21:22
Last Quarter
11 June 1972
11:30
New Moon
18 June 1972
15:41
First Quarter
26 June 1972
18:46
Full Moon
4 July 1972
03:26
Last Quarter
10 July 1972
19:39
New Moon
18 July 1972
07:46
First Quarter
26 July 1972
07:24
Full Moon
2 August 1972
08:02
Last Quarter
9 August 1972
05:26
New Moon
17 August 1972
01:09
First Quarter
24 August 1972
18:22
Full Moon
31 August 1972
12:48
Last Quarter
7 September 1972
17:29
New Moon
15 September 1972
19:13
First Quarter
23 September 1972
04:07
Full Moon
29 September 1972
19:16
Last Quarter
7 October 1972
08:08
New Moon
15 October 1972
12:55
First Quarter
22 October 1972
13:25
Full Moon
29 October 1972
04:41
Last Quarter
6 November 1972
01:22
New Moon
14 November 1972
05:01
First Quarter
20 November 1972
23:07
Full Moon
27 November 1972
17:45
Last Quarter
5 December 1972
20:24
New Moon
13 December 1972
18:36
First Quarter
20 December 1972
09:45
Full Moon
27 December 1972
10:28
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 1972.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1972
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
89%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 April 1972
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
74%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 1972
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
46%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1972
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
76%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 August 1972
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
14%
Dark sky, near new moon
8 October 1972
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
3%
Dark sky, near new moon
21 October 1972
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
5 November 1972
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 November 1972
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
37%
Mostly dark
17 November 1972
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
87%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1972
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
63%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
22 December 1972
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
91%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
About the year 1972
1972 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Saturday
31 December
Sunday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
106
1972 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 1972 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.