Every month of 2016 as a printable table, with public holidays, ISO week numbers and the year's eclipses, moon phases and meteor showers.
2016 has 366 days, starts on a Friday, is a leap year, and runs to 52 ISO weeks. It runs from Friday 1 January 2016 to Saturday 31 December 2016. There are 10 United States federal holidays in 2016, one of which falls at a weekend and is kept on a different day. Worth knowing: 1 January 2016 falls in week 53 of 2015, not in week 1 of 2016.
Since 2016 ended
3,506days
The 2016 calendar, month by month
January
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
53
1New Year's Day
2
3
1
42 January
5
6
7
8
9
10
2
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
3
18Martin Luther King Jr. Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
4
25
26Australia Day
27
28
29
30
31
February
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
7
15Washington's Birthday
16
17
18
19
20
21
8
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
9
29
March
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
10
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
11
14
15
16
17St Patrick's Day
18
19
20
12
21
22
23
24
25Good Friday
26Easter Saturday
27
13
28Easter Monday
29
30
31
April
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
13
1
2
3
14
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
15
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
17
25Anzac Day
26
27
28
29
30
May
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
17
1
18
2Early May Bank Holiday, May Day
3
4
5
6
7
8
19
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
20
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
21
23Victoria Day
24
25
26
27
28
29
22
30Memorial Day, Spring Bank Holiday
31
June
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
22
1
2
3
4
5
23
6June Bank Holiday
7
8
9
10
11
12
24
13Queen's Birthday
14
15
16
17
18
19
25
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
26
27
28
29
30
July
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
26
1Canada Day
2
3
27
4Independence Day
5
6
7
8
9
10
28
11
12Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
13
14
15
16
17
29
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
30
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
August
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
31
1Summer Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday
2
3
4
5
6
7
32
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
33
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
34
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
35
29Summer Bank Holiday
30
31
September
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
1
2
3
4
36
5Labor Day, Labour Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
37
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
38
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
39
26
27
28
29
30
October
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
39
1
2
40
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
41
10Columbus Day, Thanksgiving
11
12
13
14
15
16
42
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
43
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
44
31October Bank Holiday
November
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
44
1
2
3
4
5
6
45
7
8
9
10
11Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
12
13
46
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
47
21
22
23
24Thanksgiving Day
25
26
27
48
28
29
30St Andrew's Day
December
Wk
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
48
1
2
3
4
49
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
50
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
51
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
52
26Christmas Day, Boxing Day, St Stephen's Day
27Christmas Day
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 2016 has 52 weeks and why 1 January is not always
in week 1.
Public holidays in 2016
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
18 January 2016
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On the day
15 February 2016
Monday
Washington's Birthday (Widely called Presidents’ Day. The federal name is still Washington’s Birthday.)
On the day
30 May 2016
Monday
Memorial Day
On the day
4 July 2016
Monday
Independence Day
On the day
5 September 2016
Monday
Labor Day
On the day
10 October 2016
Monday
Columbus Day (Kept as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a number of states.)
On the day
11 November 2016
Friday
Veterans Day
On the day
24 November 2016
Thursday
Thanksgiving Day
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Monday 26 December 2016
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
25 March 2016
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
28 March 2016
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 2016
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 2016
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
29 August 2016
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
2 January 2016
Saturday
2 January
Monday 4 January 2016
25 March 2016
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
2 May 2016
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 2016
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
1 August 2016
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
30 November 2016
Wednesday
St Andrew's Day
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 2016
Thursday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
25 March 2016
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
28 March 2016
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 2016
Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
On the day
30 May 2016
Monday
Spring Bank Holiday
On the day
12 July 2016
Tuesday
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)
On the day
29 August 2016
Monday
Summer Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
17 March 2016
Thursday
St Patrick's Day
On the day
28 March 2016
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
2 May 2016
Monday
May Day
On the day
6 June 2016
Monday
June Bank Holiday
On the day
1 August 2016
Monday
August Bank Holiday
On the day
31 October 2016
Monday
October Bank Holiday
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
25 March 2016
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
23 May 2016
Monday
Victoria Day (The Monday before 25 May.)
On the day
1 July 2016
Friday
Canada Day
On the day
5 September 2016
Monday
Labour Day
On the day
10 October 2016
Monday
Thanksgiving
On the day
11 November 2016
Friday
Remembrance Day
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
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 2016
Friday
New Year's Day
On the day
26 January 2016
Tuesday
Australia Day
On the day
25 March 2016
Friday
Good Friday
On the day
26 March 2016
Saturday
Easter Saturday
On the day
28 March 2016
Monday
Easter Monday
On the day
25 April 2016
Monday
Anzac Day (Substitute days for a weekend Anzac Day vary by state.)
On the day
13 June 2016
Monday
Queen's Birthday (Not kept in June in Queensland or Western Australia.)
On the day
25 December 2016
Sunday
Christmas Day
Tuesday 27 December 2016
26 December 2016
Monday
Boxing Day
On the day
The sky in 2016
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 2016.
Date
Time (UTC)
Event
Detail
9 March 2016
01:57
Total solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 10.1°N 148.8°E, 100% of the Sun covered there.
20 March 2016
04:30
March equinox
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
23 March 2016
11:47
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
20 June 2016
22:34
June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the southern.
1 September 2016
09:06
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse at 10.7°S 37.8°E, 95% of the Sun covered there.
16 September 2016
18:54
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.
22 September 2016
14:21
September equinox
Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern.
21 December 2016
10:44
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 2016
01:46
Wolf Moon
22 February 2016
18:20
Snow Moon
23 March 2016
12:01
Worm Moon
22 April 2016
05:24
Pink Moon
21 May 2016
21:15
Flower Moon
20 June 2016
11:02
Strawberry Moon
19 July 2016
22:57
Buck Moon
18 August 2016
09:27
Sturgeon Moon
16 September 2016
19:05
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the September equinox.
16 October 2016
04:23
Hunter's Moon
14 November 2016
13:52
Beaver Moon
14 December 2016
00:06
Cold Moon
All 50 moon phases in 2016
Date
Time (UTC)
Phase
2 January 2016
05:31
Last Quarter
10 January 2016
01:31
New Moon
16 January 2016
23:26
First Quarter
24 January 2016
01:46
Full Moon
1 February 2016
03:28
Last Quarter
8 February 2016
14:39
New Moon
15 February 2016
07:47
First Quarter
22 February 2016
18:20
Full Moon
1 March 2016
23:11
Last Quarter
9 March 2016
01:55
New Moon
15 March 2016
17:03
First Quarter
23 March 2016
12:01
Full Moon
31 March 2016
15:17
Last Quarter
7 April 2016
11:24
New Moon
14 April 2016
04:00
First Quarter
22 April 2016
05:24
Full Moon
30 April 2016
03:29
Last Quarter
6 May 2016
19:30
New Moon
13 May 2016
17:02
First Quarter
21 May 2016
21:15
Full Moon
29 May 2016
12:12
Last Quarter
5 June 2016
03:00
New Moon
12 June 2016
08:10
First Quarter
20 June 2016
11:02
Full Moon
27 June 2016
18:19
Last Quarter
4 July 2016
11:01
New Moon
12 July 2016
00:52
First Quarter
19 July 2016
22:57
Full Moon
26 July 2016
23:00
Last Quarter
2 August 2016
20:45
New Moon
10 August 2016
18:21
First Quarter
18 August 2016
09:27
Full Moon
25 August 2016
03:41
Last Quarter
1 September 2016
09:03
New Moon
9 September 2016
11:49
First Quarter
16 September 2016
19:05
Full Moon
23 September 2016
09:56
Last Quarter
1 October 2016
00:12
New Moon
9 October 2016
04:33
First Quarter
16 October 2016
04:23
Full Moon
22 October 2016
19:14
Last Quarter
30 October 2016
17:38
New Moon
7 November 2016
19:51
First Quarter
14 November 2016
13:52
Full Moon
21 November 2016
08:33
Last Quarter
29 November 2016
12:18
New Moon
7 December 2016
09:03
First Quarter
14 December 2016
00:06
Full Moon
21 December 2016
01:56
Last Quarter
29 December 2016
06:53
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 2016.
Peak
Shower
Rate/hour
Moon lit
Viewing
3 January 2016
Quadrantids (debris from Asteroid 2003 EH1)
110
35%
Mostly dark
22 April 2016
Lyrids (debris from Comet Thatcher)
18
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
6 May 2016
Eta Aquariids (debris from Halley's Comet)
50
0%
Dark sky, near new moon
30 July 2016
Southern Delta Aquariids (debris from Comet 96P/Machholz)
25
11%
Dark sky, near new moon
12 August 2016
Perseids (debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle)
100
70%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
8 October 2016
Draconids (debris from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner)
10
47%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
21 October 2016
Orionids (debris from Halley's Comet)
20
60%
Moonlight will wash out fainter meteors
5 November 2016
Southern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
31%
Mostly dark
12 November 2016
Northern Taurids (debris from Comet Encke)
5
96%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
17 November 2016
Leonids (debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle)
15
84%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
14 December 2016
Geminids (debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon)
150
99%
Bright moon, only the brightest will show
22 December 2016
Ursids (debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle)
10
33%
Mostly dark
About the year 2016
2016 at a glance
Days
366
Leap year
Yes
1 January
Friday
31 December
Saturday
ISO weeks
52
Weekend days
105
2016 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 2016 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.