Introducing The HEARTH and HOME HERALD’s very own Monthly Almanac,

“SACK O’ ALMANAC”

FEATURING

“This Day in History”, “Celestial Events”, “Famous Birthdays”, “Holidays & Observances”, “Fun Facts for the Month”, “Famous Quotes”, Monthly Symbols, Zodiac and more!!!

May 2023
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22	23	24	25	26	27	28
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

FOR THE YEAR 2023

Jan 1: New Year’s Day
Jan 3: Asarah B’Tevet
Jan 4: World Braille Day
Jan 6: Epiphany
Jan 13: Friday the 13th
Jan 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 22: Lunar New Year
Jan 24: International Day of Education
Jan 27: World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day
Feb 1: National Girls & Women in Sports Day
Feb 1: 1st Day of Black History Month
Feb 2: World Wetlands Day
Feb 2: Groundhog Day
Feb 3: National Wear Red Day
Feb 4: International Day of Human Fraternity
Feb 4: World Cancer Day
Feb 4: Rosa Parks Day
Feb 6: Tu Bishvat/Tu B’Shevat
Feb 11: Intl. Day of Women & Girls in Science
Feb 13: World Radio Day
Feb 14: Valentine’s Day
Feb 18: Isra and Mi’raj
Feb 20: World Day of Social Justice
Feb 20: Presidents’ Day
Feb 21: International Mother Language Day
Feb 21: Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 22: Ash Wednesday
Feb 25: African-American Scientist & Inventor Day
Mar 1: Zero Discrimination Day
Mar 1: 1st Day of Women’s History Month
Mar 1: 1st Day of Irish American Heritage Month
Mar 2: Read Across America Day
Mar 3: World Wildlife Day
Mar 3: Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 7: Purim
Mar 7: Town Meeting Day
Mar 8: International Women’s Day
Mar 8: Holi
Mar 12: Daylight Saving Time begins
Mar 17: St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 20: International Day of Happiness
Mar 20: March Equinox
Mar 21: World Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
Mar 21: World Poetry Day
Mar 21: World Down Syndrome Day
Mar 21: International Day of Forests
Mar 22: World Water Day
Mar 22: 1st Day of Ramadan
Mar 23: World Meteorological Day
Mar 24: World Tuberculosis Day
Mar 24: World Day for Truth concerning Human Rights Violations
Mar 25: Day to Remember Slavery Victims & Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 25: World Solidarity Day for Detained & Missing Workers
Mar 25: Earth Hour
Mar 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Mar 30: Doctors’ Day
Mar 31: César Chávez Day
Apr 1: April Fool’s Day
Apr 2: Palm Sunday
Apr 2: World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 4: Mine Awareness Day
Apr 5: 1st Day of Passover
Apr 5: International Day of Conscience
Apr 7: United Nations’ World Health Day
Apr 7: Day to Remember Rwanda Genocide Victims
Apr 7: Good Friday
Apr 8: Holy Saturday
Apr 9: Easter Sunday
Apr 13: Last Day of Passover
Apr 15: World Art Day
Apr 17: Lailat al-Qadr
Apr 18: Yom HaShoah
Apr 18: Tax Day
Apr 21: Eid al-Fitr
Apr 22: Earth Day
Apr 24: Intl. Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace
Apr 25: International Delegate’s Day
Apr 25: World Malaria Day
Apr 25: National Library Workers’ Day
Apr 26: Yom Ha’atzmaut
Apr 27: Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day
Apr 28: World Day for Safety & Health at Work
Apr 28: Arbor Day
Apr 30: International Jazz Day
May 1: Lei Day (Hawaii)
May 1: 1st Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1: 1st Day of Jewish American Heritage Month
May 2: National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 6: National Nurses Day
May 8: Time to Remember Lost Lives From World War II
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day
May 9: Lag BaOmer
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 13: World Migratory Bird Day
May 14: Mother’s Day
May 15: International Day of Families
May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 16: International Day of Living Together in Peace
May 18: Ascension Day
May 20: World Bee Day
May 20: Public Lands Day
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity
May 22: World Biological Diversity Day
May 22: Harvey Milk Day
May 25: National Missing Children’s Day
May 26: Shavuot
May 28: Pentecost
May 29: Whit Monday
May 29: Intl. Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 29: Memorial Day

Jun 1: Global Day of Parents
Jun 1: 1st Day of Pride Month
Jun 1: 1st Day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Jun 3: World Bicycle Day
Jun 4: Trinity Sunday
Jun 4: World Day for Child Victims of Aggression
Jun 5: World Environment Day
Jun 6: D-Day
Jun 7: World Food Safety Day
Jun 8: Corpus Christi
Jun 8: World Oceans Day
Jun 11: Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
Jun 12: World Day Against Child Labour
Jun 14: World Blood Donor Day
Jun 14: Flag Day
Jun 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Jun 18: Father’s Day
Jun 19: Intl. Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in War
Jun 19: Juneteenth
Jun 20: World Refugee Day
Jun 21: June Solstice
Jun 23: Public Service Day
Jun 26: World Day to Support Torture Victims
Jun 29: Eid al-Adha
Jun 30: International Asteroid Day
Jul 1: International Day of Cooperatives
Jul 4: Independence Day
Jul 11: World Population Day
Jul 18: Nelson Mandela Day
Jul 19: Muharram
Jul 20: World Chess Day
Jul 27: Tisha B’Av
Jul 27: National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
Jul 28: Ashura
Jul 30: World Friendship Day
Aug 9: World Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Aug 12: International Youth Day
Aug 15: Assumption of Mary
Aug 19: World Humanitarian Day
Aug 20: National Senior Citizens Day
Aug 26: Women’s Equality Day
Aug 29: International Day against Nuclear Tests
Aug 30: World Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance
Sep 4: Labor Day
Sep 5: International Day of Charity
Sep 7: International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Sep 8: International Literacy Day
Sep 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
Sep 10: National Grandparents Day
Sep 15: International Day of Democracy
Sep 15: 1st Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month
Sep 15: National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 16: Rosh Hashana
Sep 16: World Ozone Layer Day
Sep 21: International Day of Peace
Sep 22: National Native American Day
Sep 23: International Day of Sign Languages
Sep 23: National Public Lands Day
Sep 23: September Equinox
Sep 25: Yom Kippur
Sep 26: World Day to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Sep 27: The Prophet’s Birthday
Sep 27: World Tourism Day
Sep 29: World Heart Day
Sep 30: 1st Day of Sukkot
Oct 1: International Day of Older Persons
Oct 1: World Vegetarian Day
Oct 2: World Habitat Day
Oct 2: International Day of Non-Violence
Oct 4: Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Oct 5: World Teachers’ Day
Oct 6: Last Day of Sukkot
Oct 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
Oct 7: Shmini Atzeret
Oct 8: Simchat Torah
Oct 9: World Post Day
Oct 9: Indigenous People’s Day
Oct 11: World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 13: Friday the 13th
Oct 15: International Day of Rural Women
Oct 16: World Food Day
Oct 17: World Day for Poverty Eradication
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 31: Halloween
Nov 1: All Saints’ Day
Nov 1: World Vegan Day
Nov 1: 1st Day of Native American Heritage Month
Nov 2: All Souls’ Day
Nov 5: Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 6: World Day to Protect the Environment in War
Nov 7: Election Day
Nov 11: Veterans Day
Nov 12: Diwali
Nov 16: International Day for Tolerance
Nov 16: World Philosophy Day
Nov 20: Universal Children’s Day
Nov 23: Thanksgiving Day
Nov 25: World Day to Eliminate Violence on Women
Nov 28: Giving Tuesday
Dec 1: World AIDS Day
Dec 1: Rosa Parks Day
Dec 2: World Day for Slavery Abolition
Dec 3: 1st Sunday of Advent
Dec 3: World Day for Persons with Disabilities
Dec 5: International Volunteer Day
Dec 5: World Soil Day
Dec 6: Saint Nicholas Day
Dec 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 8: Hanukkah (1st day)
Dec 9: International Anti-Corruption Day
Dec 9: World Genocide Commemoration Day
Dec 10: Human Rights Day
Dec 11: International Mountain Day
Dec 12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 15: Last Day of Chanukah
Dec 18: International Migrants Day
Dec 20: International Human Solidarity Day
Dec 21: December Solstice
Dec 22: Asarah B’Tevet
Dec 24: Christmas Eve
Dec 25: Christmas Day
Dec 26: Kwanzaa (1st day)
Dec 31: New Year’s Eve

CELESTIAL EVENTS

FOR THE YEAR 2023

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

JANUARY 2: Mercury at Perihelion
JANUARY 2: Pleiades 2.6°N of Moon
JANUARY 3: Mars 0.5°N of Moon: Occn.
JANUARY 3: Quadrantid Meteor Shower
JANUARY 4: Earth at Perihelion
JANUARY 6: FULL MOON
JANUARY 7: Pollux 1.9°N of Moon
JANUARY 14: Spica 3.9°S of Moon
JANUARY 14: 3rd QUARTER MOON
JANUARY 18: Antares 2.1°S of Moon
JANUARY 21: NEW MOON
JANUARY 22: Venus 0.3°S of Saturn
JANUARY 22: Saturn 3.8°N of Moon
JANUARY 23: Venus 3.5°N of Moon
JANUARY 25: Jupiter 1.8°N of Moon
JANUARY 28: 1st QUARTER MOON
JANUARY 29: Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.0°W
JANUARY 30: Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
FEBRUARY 3: Pollux 1.9°N of Moon
FEBRUARY 5: FULL MOON
FEBRUARY 6: Regulus 4.5°S of Moon
FEBRUARY 10: Spica 3.6°S of Moon
FEBRUARY 13: 3rd QUARTER MOON
FEBRUARY 14: Antares 1.9°S of Moon
FEBRUARY 15: Mercury at Aphelion
FEBRUARY 16: Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
FEBRUARY 18: Mercury 3.6°N of Moon
FEBRUARY 19: NEW MOON
FEBRUARY 21: Venus 2.1°N of Moon
FEBRUARY 22: Jupiter 1.2°N of Moon: Occn.
FEBRUARY 26: Pleiades 2.1°N of Moon
FEBRUARY 27: 1st QUARTER MOON
FEBRUARY 27: Mars 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.
MARCH 5: Regulus 4.5°S of Moon
MARCH 7: FULL MOON
MARCH 10: Spica 3.4°S of Moon
MARCH 13: Antares 1.6°S of Moon
MARCH 14: 3rd QUARTER MOON
MARCH 15: Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
MARCH 17: Mercury at Superior Conjunction
MARCH 19: Saturn 3.6°N of Moon
MARCH 20: Vernal Equinox
MARCH 21: NEW MOON
MARCH 22: Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn.
MARCH 25: Pleiades 1.9°N of Moon
MARCH 28: Mars 2.3°S of Moon
MARCH 28: 1st QUARTER MOON
MARCH 30: Pollux 1.6°N of Moon
APRIL 5: FULL MOON
APRIL 6: Spica 3.3°S of Moon
APRIL 9: Antares 1.5°S of Moon
APRIL 11: Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
APRIL 11: Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°E
APRIL 13: 3rd QUARTER MOON
APRIL 15: Saturn 3.5°N of Moon
APRIL 17: Venus at Perihelion
APRIL 19: NEW MOON
APRIL 19: Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.013
APRIL 22: Pleiades 1.9°N of Moon
APRIL 22: Lyrid Meteor Shower
APRIL 23: Venus 1.3°S of Moon
APRIL 25: Mars 3.2°S of Moon
APRIL 26: Pollux 1.5°N of Moon
APRIL 27: 1st QUARTER MOON
MAY 3: Spica 3.3°S of Moon
MAY 5: Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
MAY 5: Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.964
MAY 5: FULL MOON
MAY 7: Antares 1.5°S of Moon
MAY 9: Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
MAY 12: 3rd QUARTER MOON
MAY 13: Saturn 3.3°N of Moon
MAY 17: Jupiter 0.8°S of Moon: Occn.
MAY 19: NEW MOON
MAY 23: Venus 2.2°S of Moon
MAY 23: Pollux 1.6°N of Moon
MAY 24: Mars 3.8°S of Moon
MAY 27: 1st QUARTER MOON
MAY 28: Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.9°W
MAY 29: Venus 3.9°S of Pollux
MAY 30: Mars at Aphelion: 1.66594 AU
JUNE 3: FULL MOON
JUNE 4: Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.4°E
JUNE 9: Saturn 3.0°N of Moon
JUNE 10: 3rd QUARTER MOON
JUNE 13: Jupiter 1.5°S of Moon
JUNE 15: Pleiades 1.8°N of Moon
JUNE 16: Mercury 4.3°S of Moon
JUNE 17: NEW MOON
JUNE 20: Pollux 1.7°N of Moon
JUNE 21: Summer Solstice
JUNE 21: Venus 3.7°S of Moon
JUNE 22: Mars 3.8°S of Moon
JUNE 22: Regulus 4.4°S of Moon
JUNE 25: 1st QUARTER MOON
JUNE 27: Mercury at Perihelion
JUNE 27: Spica 3.1°S of Moon
JUNE 30: Antares 1.5°S of Moon

JULY 3: FULL MOON
JULY 6: Earth at Aphelion: 1.01668 AU
JULY 6: Saturn 2.7°N of Moon
JULY 9: 3rd QUARTER MOON
JULY 11: Jupiter 2.2°S of Moon
JULY 12: Pleiades 1.7°N of Moon
JULY 16: Venus 1.7°S of Regulus
JULY 17: NEW MOON
JULY 19: Mercury 3.5°S of Moon
JULY 20: Regulus 4.2°S of Moon
JULY 20: Mars 3.3°S of Moon
JULY 24: Spica 2.8°S of Moon
JULY 25: 1st QUARTER MOON
JULY 28: Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
JULY 28: Antares 1.3°S of Moon
AUGUST 1: FULL MOON
AUGUST 3: Saturn 2.5°N of Moon
AUGUST 7: Venus at Aphelion
AUGUST 8: Jupiter 2.9°S of Moon
AUGUST 8: 3rd QUARTER MOON
AUGUST 9: Pleiades 1.5°N of Moon
AUGUST 9: Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E
AUGUST 12: Perseid Meteor Shower
AUGUST 13: Pollux 1.7°N of Moon
AUGUST 16: NEW MOON
AUGUST 18: Mars 2.2°S of Moon
AUGUST 21: Spica 2.6°S of Moon
AUGUST 24: 1st QUARTER MOON
AUGUST 24: Antares 1.1°S of Moon
AUGUST 30: FULL MOON
SEPTEMBER 4: Jupiter 3.3°S of Moon
SEPTEMBER 5: Pleiades 1.2°N of Moon
SEPTEMBER 6: 3rd QUARTER MOON
SEPTEMBER 9: Pollux 1.5°N of Moon
SEPTEMBER 12: Regulus 4.1°S of Moon
SEPTEMBER 14: NEW MOON
SEPTEMBER 16: Mars 0.7°S of Moon: Occn.
SEPTEMBER 17: Spica 2.4°S of Moon
SEPTEMBER 19: Neptune at Opposition
SEPTEMBER 20: Antares 0.9°S of Moon
SEPTEMBER 22: Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W
SEPTEMBER 22: 1st QUARTER MOON
SEPTEMBER 22: Autumnal Equinox
SEPTEMBER 26: Saturn 2.7°N of Moon
SEPTEMBER 29: FULL MOON
OCTOBER 2: Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
OCTOBER 6: 3rd QUARTER MOON
OCTOBER 7: Pollux 1.4°N of Moon
OCTOBER 8: Venus 2.3°S of Regulus
OCTOBER 10: Regulus 4.2°S of Moon
OCTOBER 14: NEW MOON
OCTOBER 14: Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.952
OCTOBER 18: Antares 0.9°S of Moon
OCTOBER 19: Mercury at Superior Conjunction
OCTOBER 21: Orionid Meteor Shower
OCTOBER 21: 1st QUARTER MOON
OCTOBER 23: Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.4°W
OCTOBER 23: Saturn 2.8°N of Moon
OCTOBER 28: Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.122
OCTOBER 28: FULL MOON
OCTOBER 29: Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon
NOVEMBER 3: Pollux 1.4°N of Moon
NOVEMBER 5: 3rd QUARTER MOON
NOVEMBER 5: S Taurid Meteor Shower
NOVEMBER 6: Regulus 4.2°S of Moon
NOVEMBER 10: Spica 2.4°S of Moon
NOVEMBER 12: N Taurid Meteor Shower
NOVEMBER 13: NEW MOON
NOVEMBER 13: Uranus at Opposition
NOVEMBER 14: Antares 0.9°S of Moon
NOVEMBER 17: Mars in Conjunction with Sun
NOVEMBER 17: Leonid Meteor Shower
NOVEMBER 20: 1st QUARTER MOON
NOVEMBER 20: Saturn 2.7°N of Moon
NOVEMBER 25: Jupiter 2.8°S of Moon
NOVEMBER 26: Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
NOVEMBER 27: FULL MOON
NOVEMBER 28: Venus at Perihelion
DECEMBER 4: 3rd QUARTER MOON
DECEMBER 8: Spica 2.3°S of Moon
DECEMBER 9: Venus 3.6°N of Moon
DECEMBER 12: NEW MOON
DECEMBER 14: Geminid Meteor Shower
DECEMBER 17: Saturn 2.5°N of Moon
DECEMBER 19: 1st QUARTER MOON
DECEMBER 20: Mercury at Perihelion
DECEMBER 21: Winter Solstice
DECEMBER 22: Jupiter 2.6°S of Moon
DECEMBER 22: Ursid Meteor Shower
DECEMBER 23: Pleiades 1.1°N of Moon
DECEMBER 26: FULL MOON
DECEMBER 28: Pollux 1.7°N of Moon
DECEMBER 31: Regulus 3.8°S of Moon