Every month of 2008 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
2008 has 366 days, starts on a Tuesday, is a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Tuesday 1 January 2008 to Wednesday 31 December 2008. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 2008, and none of them falls at a weekend. Worth knowing: there are 3 headline eclipses, starting with the annular solar eclipse on Thursday 7 February 2008.
Since 2008 ended
6,428days
The 2008 calendar, month by month
January
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M
T
W
T
F
S
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1
1New Year's Day
22 January
3
4
5
6
2
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
3
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
4
21Martin Luther King Jr. Day
22
23
24
25
26
27
5
28Australia Day
29
30
31
February
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T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
6
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
7
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
8
18Washington's Birthday
19
20
21
22
23
24
9
25
26
27
28
29
March
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T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
10
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
12
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
21Good Friday
22Easter Saturday
23
13
24Easter Monday
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
31
April
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M
T
W
T
F
S
S
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
15
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
16
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
17
21
22
23
24
25Anzac Day
26
27
18
28
29
30
May
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T
W
T
F
S
S
18
1
2
3
4
19
5Early May Bank Holiday, May Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
20
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
21
19Victoria Day
20
21
22
23
24
25
22
26Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
27
28
29
30
31
June
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M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
23
2June Bank Holiday
3
4
5
6
7
8
24
9Queen's Birthday
10
11
12
13
14
15
25
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
26
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
27
30
July
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T
W
T
F
S
S
27
1Canada Day
2
3
4Independence Day
5
6
28
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
29
14Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
15
16
17
18
19
20
30
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
31
28
29
30
31
August
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S
S
31
1
2
3
32
4Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
5
6
7
8
9
10
33
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
34
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
35
25Summer Bank Holiday
26
27
28
29
30
31
September
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T
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T
F
S
S
36
1Labor Day, Labour Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
37
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
38
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
39
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
40
29
30
October
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T
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T
F
S
S
40
1
2
3
4
5
41
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
42
13Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
14
15
16
17
18
19
43
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
44
27October Bank Holiday
28
29
30
31
November
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T
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T
F
S
S
44
1
2
45
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
46
10
11Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
14
15
16
47
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
48
24
25
26
27Thanksgiving Day
28
29
30
December
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T
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T
F
S
S
49
1St Andrew's Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
50
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
51
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
52
22
23
24
25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27
28
1
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 2008 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 2008
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
21 January 2008
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the day
18 February 2008
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
26 May 2008
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 2008
Friday
Independence Day
On the day
1 September 2008
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
13 October 2008
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
11 November 2008
Tuesday
Veterans Day
On the day
27 November 2008
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
21 March 2008
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 March 2008
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
5 May 2008
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
26 May 2008
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
25 August 2008
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 2008
Wednesday
2 January
On the day
21 March 2008
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
5 May 2008
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
26 May 2008
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
4 August 2008
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
30 November 2008
Sunday
St Andrew's Day
Monday 1 December 2008
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 2008
Monday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
21 March 2008
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
24 March 2008
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
5 May 2008
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
26 May 2008
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 2008
Saturday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
Monday 14 July 2008
25 August 2008
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 2008
Monday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
24 March 2008
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
5 May 2008
Monday
May Day
On the day
2 June 2008
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
4 August 2008
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
27 October 2008
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
21 March 2008
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
19 May 2008
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 2008
Tuesday
Canada Day
On the day
1 September 2008
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
13 October 2008
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 2008
Tuesday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
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 2008
Tuesday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 2008
Saturday
Australia Day
Monday 28 January 2008
21 March 2008
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
22 March 2008
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
24 March 2008
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 2008
Friday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
9 June 2008
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 2008
Thursday
Christmas Day
On the day
26 December 2008
Friday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 2008
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 2008.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
7 February 2008
03:55
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 67.6°S 150.6°W, 93% of the Sun covered there.
21 February 2008
03:26
Total lunar eclipse
52 minutes of totality · 206 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 March 2008
05:48
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
20 June 2008
23:59
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
1 August 2008
10:21
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 65.7°N 72.3°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
16 August 2008
21:10
Partial lunar eclipse
188 minutes of partial phase · Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 September 2008
15:44
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
21 December 2008
12:03
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
22 January 2008
13:35
Wolf Moon
21 February 2008
03:31
Snow Moon
21 March 2008
18:40
Worm Moon
20 April 2008
10:26
Pink Moon
20 May 2008
02:12
Flower Moon
18 June 2008
17:31
Strawberry Moon
18 July 2008
07:59
Buck Moon
16 August 2008
21:17
Sturgeon Moon
15 September 2008
09:14
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
14 October 2008
20:03
Hunter's Moon
13 November 2008
06:17
Beaver Moon
12 December 2008
16:37
Cold Moon
All 49 moon phases in 2008
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
8 January 2008
11:37
New Moon
15 January 2008
19:46
First Quarter
22 January 2008
13:35
Full Moon
30 January 2008
05:03
Last Quarter
7 February 2008
03:45
New Moon
14 February 2008
03:34
First Quarter
21 February 2008
03:31
Full Moon
29 February 2008
02:19
Last Quarter
7 March 2008
17:14
New Moon
14 March 2008
10:46
First Quarter
21 March 2008
18:40
Full Moon
29 March 2008
21:48
Last Quarter
6 April 2008
03:55
New Moon
12 April 2008
18:32
First Quarter
20 April 2008
10:26
Full Moon
28 April 2008
14:12
Last Quarter
5 May 2008
12:18
New Moon
12 May 2008
03:47
First Quarter
20 May 2008
02:12
Full Moon
28 May 2008
02:57
Last Quarter
3 June 2008
19:23
New Moon
10 June 2008
15:04
First Quarter
18 June 2008
17:31
Full Moon
26 June 2008
12:10
Last Quarter
3 July 2008
02:19
New Moon
10 July 2008
04:35
First Quarter
18 July 2008
07:59
Full Moon
25 July 2008
18:42
Last Quarter
1 August 2008
10:13
New Moon
8 August 2008
20:20
First Quarter
16 August 2008
21:17
Full Moon
23 August 2008
23:50
Last Quarter
30 August 2008
19:58
New Moon
7 September 2008
14:04
First Quarter
15 September 2008
09:14
Full Moon
22 September 2008
05:04
Last Quarter
29 September 2008
08:12
New Moon
7 October 2008
09:04
First Quarter
14 October 2008
20:03
Full Moon
21 October 2008
11:55
Last Quarter
28 October 2008
23:14
New Moon
6 November 2008
04:04
First Quarter
13 November 2008
06:17
Full Moon
19 November 2008
21:31
Last Quarter
27 November 2008
16:55
New Moon
5 December 2008
21:26
First Quarter
12 December 2008
16:37
Full Moon
19 December 2008
10:29
Last Quarter
27 December 2008
12:23
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 2008.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 2008
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
19%
Mostly dark
22 April 2008
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
94%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 2008
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
3%
Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 2008
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
3%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 2008
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
85%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
8 October 2008
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
65%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 2008
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
45%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 2008
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
48%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
12 November 2008
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
100%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 2008
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
72%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 2008
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
93%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 2008
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
18%
Mostly dark
About the year 2008
2008 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Tuesday
31 December
Wednesday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
104
2008 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 2008 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.