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1978 Calendar

Every month of 1978 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.

1978 has 365 days, starts on a Sunday, is not a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Sunday 1 January 1978 to Sunday 31 December 1978. There are 9 United States federal holidays in 1978, two of which fall at a weekend and are kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 1978 falls in week 52 of 1977, not in week 1 of 1978.

Since 1978 ended

The 1978 calendar, month by month

January
Wk MTWTFSS
52 1
1 2 New Year's Day, 2 January 3 New 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 26 Australia Day 27 28 29
5 30 31
February
Wk MTWTFSS
5 1 2 3 4 5
6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
8 20 Washington's Birthday 21 22 23 24 25 26
9 27 28
March
Wk MTWTFSS
9 1 2 3 4 5
10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
11 13 14 15 16 17 St Patrick's Day 18 19
12 20 21 22 23 24 Good Friday 25 Easter Saturday 26
13 27 Easter Monday 28 29 30 31
April
Wk MTWTFSS
13 1 2
14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
17 24 25 Anzac Day 26 27 28 29 30
May
Wk MTWTFSS
18 1 Early May Bank Holiday, May Day 2 3 4 5 6 7
19 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 Victoria Day 23 24 25 26 27 28
22 29 Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday 30 31
June
Wk MTWTFSS
22 1 2 3 4
23 5 June Bank Holiday 6 7 8 9 10 11
24 12 Queen's Birthday 13 14 15 16 17 18
25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 26 27 28 29 30
July
Wk MTWTFSS
26 1 2
27 3 Canada Day 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 8 9
28 10 11 12 Battle 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 MTWTFSS
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
32 7 Summer 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 Summer Bank Holiday 29 30 31
September
Wk MTWTFSS
35 1 2 3
36 4 Labor 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 MTWTFSS
39 1
40 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
41 9 Columbus Day, Thanksgiving 10 11 12 13 14 15
42 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
43 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
44 30 October Bank Holiday 31
November
Wk MTWTFSS
44 1 2 3 4 5
45 6 7 8 9 10 Veterans Day 11 12
46 13 Remembrance Day 14 15 16 17 18 19
47 20 21 22 23 Thanksgiving Day 24 25 26
48 27 28 29 30
December
Wk MTWTFSS
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 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day 27 28 29 30 31
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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 1978 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always in week 1.

Public holidays in 1978

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 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
20 February 1978 Monday Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.) On the day
29 May 1978 Monday Memorial Day On the day
4 July 1978 Tuesday Independence Day On the day
4 September 1978 Monday Labor Day On the day
9 October 1978 Monday Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.) On the day
11 November 1978 Saturday Veterans Day Friday 10 November 1978
23 November 1978 Thursday Thanksgiving Day On the day
25 December 1978 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
1 January 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
24 March 1978 Friday Good Friday On the day
27 March 1978 Monday Easter Monday On the day
1 May 1978 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
29 May 1978 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
28 August 1978 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 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 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Tuesday 3 January 1978
2 January 1978 Monday 2 January On the day
24 March 1978 Friday Good Friday On the day
1 May 1978 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
29 May 1978 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
7 August 1978 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 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
1 January 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
17 March 1978 Friday St Patrick's Day On the day
24 March 1978 Friday Good Friday On the day
27 March 1978 Monday Easter Monday On the day
1 May 1978 Monday Early May Bank Holiday On the day
29 May 1978 Monday Spring Bank Holiday On the day
12 July 1978 Wednesday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) On the day
28 August 1978 Monday Summer Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 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 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
17 March 1978 Friday St Patrick's Day On the day
27 March 1978 Monday Easter Monday On the day
1 May 1978 Monday May Day On the day
5 June 1978 Monday June Bank Holiday On the day
7 August 1978 Monday August Bank Holiday On the day
30 October 1978 Monday October Bank Holiday On the day
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 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 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
24 March 1978 Friday Good Friday On the day
22 May 1978 Monday Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.) On the day
1 July 1978 Saturday Canada Day Monday 3 July 1978
4 September 1978 Monday Labour Day On the day
9 October 1978 Monday Thanksgiving On the day
11 November 1978 Saturday Remembrance Day Monday 13 November 1978
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 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 1978 Sunday New Year's Day Monday 2 January 1978
26 January 1978 Thursday Australia Day On the day
24 March 1978 Friday Good Friday On the day
25 March 1978 Saturday Easter Saturday On the day
27 March 1978 Monday Easter Monday On the day
25 April 1978 Tuesday Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.) On the day
12 June 1978 Monday Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.) On the day
25 December 1978 Monday Christmas Day On the day
26 December 1978 Tuesday Boxing Day On the day

The sky in 1978

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 1978.
Date Time (UTC) Event Detail
20 March 1978 23:33 March equinox Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
24 March 1978 16:22 Total lunar eclipse 92 minutes of totality · 220 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
7 April 1978 15:02 Partial solar eclipse The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
21 June 1978 18:09 June solstice The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
16 September 1978 19:04 Total lunar eclipse 80 minutes of totality · 208 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
23 September 1978 09:25 September equinox Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
2 October 1978 06:27 Partial solar eclipse The centre of the shadow misses the Earth; this one is partial everywhere it is seen.
22 December 1978 05:20 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
24 January 1978 07:56 Wolf Moon
23 February 1978 01:27 Snow Moon
24 March 1978 16:20 Worm Moon
23 April 1978 04:11 Pink Moon
22 May 1978 13:17 Flower Moon
20 June 1978 20:31 Strawberry Moon
20 July 1978 03:05 Buck Moon
18 August 1978 10:14 Sturgeon Moon
16 September 1978 19:01 Harvest Moon The full moon nearest the September equinox.
16 October 1978 06:10 Hunter's Moon
14 November 1978 20:00 Beaver Moon
14 December 1978 12:31 Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 1978
Date Time (UTC) Phase
2 January 1978 12:07 Last Quarter
9 January 1978 04:00 New Moon
16 January 1978 03:03 First Quarter
24 January 1978 07:56 Full Moon
31 January 1978 23:51 Last Quarter
7 February 1978 14:54 New Moon
14 February 1978 22:11 First Quarter
23 February 1978 01:27 Full Moon
2 March 1978 08:34 Last Quarter
9 March 1978 02:36 New Moon
16 March 1978 18:21 First Quarter
24 March 1978 16:20 Full Moon
31 March 1978 15:11 Last Quarter
7 April 1978 15:15 New Moon
15 April 1978 13:56 First Quarter
23 April 1978 04:11 Full Moon
29 April 1978 21:02 Last Quarter
7 May 1978 04:47 New Moon
15 May 1978 07:40 First Quarter
22 May 1978 13:17 Full Moon
29 May 1978 03:30 Last Quarter
5 June 1978 19:02 New Moon
13 June 1978 22:44 First Quarter
20 June 1978 20:31 Full Moon
27 June 1978 11:44 Last Quarter
5 July 1978 09:51 New Moon
13 July 1978 10:49 First Quarter
20 July 1978 03:05 Full Moon
26 July 1978 22:31 Last Quarter
4 August 1978 01:01 New Moon
11 August 1978 20:07 First Quarter
18 August 1978 10:14 Full Moon
25 August 1978 12:18 Last Quarter
2 September 1978 16:09 New Moon
10 September 1978 03:20 First Quarter
16 September 1978 19:01 Full Moon
24 September 1978 05:08 Last Quarter
2 October 1978 06:41 New Moon
9 October 1978 09:38 First Quarter
16 October 1978 06:10 Full Moon
24 October 1978 00:34 Last Quarter
31 October 1978 20:07 New Moon
7 November 1978 16:18 First Quarter
14 November 1978 20:00 Full Moon
22 November 1978 21:24 Last Quarter
30 November 1978 08:20 New Moon
7 December 1978 00:34 First Quarter
14 December 1978 12:31 Full Moon
22 December 1978 17:42 Last Quarter
29 December 1978 19:36 New 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 1978.
Peak Shower Rate/hour Moon lit Viewing
3 January 1978 Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1) 110 35% Mostly dark
22 April 1978 Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher) 18 100% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 1978 Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet) 50 0% Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 1978 Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz) 25 15% Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 1978 Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle) 100 62% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 1978 Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) 10 45% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 1978 Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet) 20 70% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 1978 Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 30% Mostly dark
12 November 1978 Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke) 5 96% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 1978 Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle) 15 91% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 1978 Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon) 150 100% Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 1978 Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle) 10 48% Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors

About the year 1978

1978 at a glance
Days 365
Leap year No
1 January Sunday
31 December Sunday
ISO weeks 52
Weekend days 105

1978 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 1978 wall calendar hangs again, unchanged, in any of them.

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Nearby years

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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.