February 21, 2027 falls on a Sunday
February 21, 2027 is a Sunday. It is 151 days from today, September 23, 2026. The date is day 52 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 7, and it is the 21st of a 28-day month with 7 days after it.
What day of the week is February 21?
In 2027 it is a Sunday. 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 February 21 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
February 21 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 52 | 8 | no |
| 2027 | Sunday | 52 | 7 | no |
| 2028 | Monday | 52 | 8 | yes |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 52 | 8 | no |
| 2030 | Thursday | 52 | 8 | no |
| 2031 | Friday | 52 | 8 | no |
| 2032 | Saturday | 52 | 8 | yes |
| 2033 | Monday | 52 | 8 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Saturday to Sunday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column never moves for this date, because February 21 comes before 29 February and so is untouched by the leap day.
How often does February 21 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, February 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 February 21 sits in the calendar
February 21 is the 21st day of February, a month of 28 days in 2027, leaving 7 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 51 days into the year, and 313 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 14.2% of the way through 2027. In February 2027 the other Sundays are the 7th, 14th, 28th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around February 21?
No holiday or widely marked observance falls within five days of February 21 in 2027, which makes it a quiet stretch of the calendar. The nearest marked dates either side can be found on the when is it index.
How far away is February 21?
The next February 21 is Sunday, February 21, 2027, 151 days from today. That is 21 whole weeks and 4 days, or 21.6 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is February 21, 2027?
- A Sunday. It is day 52 of 365 and falls in ISO week 7.
- What day of the week is February 21 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Sunday.
- What number day of the year is February 21?
- Day 52 in a common year, the same in a leap year. See day 52 for more.
- Which week of the year is February 21 in?
- ISO week 7 in 2027. The week 7 page lists every date in it.
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