Every month of 1987 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
1987 has 365 days, starts on a Thursday, is not a leap year, and runs to 53 ISO weeks. It runs from Thursday 1 January 1987 to Thursday 31 December 1987. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 1987, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1987 is a 53-week year under ISO 8601, which is the case that breaks payroll and reporting systems written for 52.
Since 1987 ended
14,099days
The 1987 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
19Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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
16Washington's Birthday
17
18
19
20
21
22
9
23
24
25
26
27
28
March
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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
3
4
5
15
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
16
13
14
15
16
17Good Friday
18Easter Saturday
19
17
20Easter Monday
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
4Early May Bank Holiday, May 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
25Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
26
27
28
29
30
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
3Independence Day
4
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
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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
31Summer Bank Holiday
September
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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
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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
11Veterans 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 1987 has 53 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 1987
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 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
19 January 1987
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the day
16 February 1987
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
25 May 1987
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 1987
Saturday
Independence Day
Friday 3 July 1987
7 September 1987
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
12 October 1987
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
11 November 1987
Wednesday
Veterans Day
On the day
26 November 1987
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 1987
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
1 January 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 April 1987
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 April 1987
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1987
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
25 May 1987
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
31 August 1987
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1987
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 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 1987
Friday
2 January
On the day
17 April 1987
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
4 May 1987
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
25 May 1987
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
3 August 1987
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1987
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 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1987
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
17 April 1987
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
20 April 1987
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1987
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
25 May 1987
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 1987
Sunday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 13 July 1987
31 August 1987
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1987
Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
Date
Day
Holiday
Observed
1 January 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 1987
Tuesday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
20 April 1987
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
4 May 1987
Monday
May Day
On the day
1 June 1987
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
3 August 1987
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
26 October 1987
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
St Stephen's Day
Monday 28 December 1987
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 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 April 1987
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 May 1987
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 1987
Wednesday
Canada Day
On the day
7 September 1987
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
12 October 1987
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 1987
Wednesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1987
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 1987
Thursday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 1987
Monday
Australia Day
On the day
17 April 1987
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
18 April 1987
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
20 April 1987
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 1987
Saturday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
Monday 27 April 1987
8 June 1987
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 1987
Friday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 1987
Saturday
Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 1987
The sky in 1987
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 1987.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
21 March 1987
03:52
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
29 March 1987
12:48
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 12.3°S 2.3°W, 100% of the Sun covered there.
14 April 1987
02:18
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
21 June 1987
22:10
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
23 September 1987
13:45
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
23 September 1987
03:11
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 14.3°N 138.4°E, 93% of the Sun covered there.
7 October 1987
04:01
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 December 1987
09:46
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 1987
02:31
Wolf Moon
13 February 1987
20:58
Snow Moon
15 March 1987
13:13
Worm Moon
14 April 1987
02:31
Pink Moon
13 May 1987
12:50
Flower Moon
11 June 1987
20:49
Strawberry Moon
11 July 1987
03:33
Buck Moon
9 August 1987
10:17
Sturgeon Moon
7 September 1987
18:13
Corn Moon
7 October 1987
04:12
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
5 November 1987
16:46
Beaver Moon
5 December 1987
08:01
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 1987
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
6 January 1987
22:35
First Quarter
15 January 1987
02:31
Full Moon
22 January 1987
22:46
Last Quarter
29 January 1987
13:45
New Moon
5 February 1987
16:21
First Quarter
13 February 1987
20:58
Full Moon
21 February 1987
08:56
Last Quarter
28 February 1987
00:51
New Moon
7 March 1987
11:58
First Quarter
15 March 1987
13:13
Full Moon
22 March 1987
16:22
Last Quarter
29 March 1987
12:46
New Moon
6 April 1987
07:48
First Quarter
14 April 1987
02:31
Full Moon
20 April 1987
22:15
Last Quarter
28 April 1987
01:35
New Moon
6 May 1987
02:26
First Quarter
13 May 1987
12:50
Full Moon
20 May 1987
04:02
Last Quarter
27 May 1987
15:14
New Moon
4 June 1987
18:53
First Quarter
11 June 1987
20:49
Full Moon
18 June 1987
11:03
Last Quarter
26 June 1987
05:37
New Moon
4 July 1987
08:34
First Quarter
11 July 1987
03:33
Full Moon
17 July 1987
20:17
Last Quarter
25 July 1987
20:38
New Moon
2 August 1987
19:24
First Quarter
9 August 1987
10:17
Full Moon
16 August 1987
08:25
Last Quarter
24 August 1987
11:59
New Moon
1 September 1987
03:48
First Quarter
7 September 1987
18:13
Full Moon
14 September 1987
23:45
Last Quarter
23 September 1987
03:08
New Moon
30 September 1987
10:39
First Quarter
7 October 1987
04:12
Full Moon
14 October 1987
18:06
Last Quarter
22 October 1987
17:28
New Moon
29 October 1987
17:10
First Quarter
5 November 1987
16:46
Full Moon
13 November 1987
14:38
Last Quarter
21 November 1987
06:33
New Moon
28 November 1987
00:37
First Quarter
5 December 1987
08:01
Full Moon
13 December 1987
11:41
Last Quarter
20 December 1987
18:25
New Moon
27 December 1987
10:01
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 1987.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 1987
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
20%
Mostly dark
22 April 1987
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
28%
Mostly dark
6 May 1987
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
58%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
30 July 1987
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
22%
Mostly dark
12 August 1987
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
84%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 1987
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
96%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
21 October 1987
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
1%
Dark sky, near new moon
5 November 1987
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
12 November 1987
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
57%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
17 November 1987
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
13%
Dark sky, near new moon
14 December 1987
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
36%
Mostly dark
22 December 1987
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
7%
Dark sky, near new moon
About the year 1987
1987 at a glance
Days
365
Leap year
No
1 January
Thursday
31 December
Thursday
ISO weeks
53
Weekend days
104
1987 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 1987 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.