April 21, 2027 falls on a Wednesday
April 21, 2027 is a Wednesday. It is 210 days from today, September 23, 2026. The date is day 111 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 16, and it is the 21st of a 30-day month with 9 days after it.
What day of the week is April 21?
In 2027 it is a Wednesday. The weekday is not a property of the date itself, it is a property of the date in a given year, so the honest answer always names the year. A common year is 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one spare day, so a fixed date moves forward one weekday from one year to the next. A leap year inserts a second spare day, so the step is two whenever 29 February falls inside the gap. That is why April 21 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
April 21 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 111 | 17 | no |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 111 | 16 | no |
| 2028 | Friday | 112 | 16 | yes |
| 2029 | Saturday | 111 | 16 | no |
| 2030 | Sunday | 111 | 16 | no |
| 2031 | Monday | 111 | 17 | no |
| 2032 | Wednesday | 112 | 17 | yes |
| 2033 | Thursday | 111 | 16 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Tuesday to Wednesday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: April 21 is day 111 in a common year and day 112 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does April 21 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, April 21 lands on a Saturday 4 times and on a Sunday 4 times, so 8 of those 28 years put it at a weekend. Over a full 28-year stretch the Gregorian calendar repeats itself, and a fixed date visits each weekday four times, so the long-run answer is two weekend years in every seven.
Where April 21 sits in the calendar
April 21 is the 21st day of April, a month of 30 days in 2027, leaving 9 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 110 days into the year, and 254 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 30.4% of the way through 2027. In April 2027 the other Wednesdays are the 7th, 14th, 28th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around April 21?
| Date | Occasion | Type | Days from April 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Earth Day | observance | 1 after |
How far away is April 21?
The next April 21 is Wednesday, April 21, 2027, 210 days from today. That is 30 whole weeks and 0 days, or 30.0 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is April 21, 2027?
- A Wednesday. It is day 111 of 365 and falls in ISO week 16.
- What day of the week is April 21 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Wednesday.
- What number day of the year is April 21?
- Day 111 in a common year and day 112 in a leap year. See day 111 for more.
- Which week of the year is April 21 in?
- ISO week 16 in 2027. The week 16 page lists every date in it.
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