May 1, 2027 falls on a Saturday
May 1, 2027 is a Saturday. It is 219 days from today, September 24, 2026. The date is day 121 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 17, and it is the 1st of a 31-day month with 30 days after it.
What day of the week is May 1?
In 2027 it is a Saturday. 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 May 1 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
May 1 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 121 | 18 | no |
| 2027 | Saturday | 121 | 17 | no |
| 2028 | Monday | 122 | 18 | yes |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 121 | 18 | no |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 121 | 18 | no |
| 2031 | Thursday | 121 | 18 | no |
| 2032 | Saturday | 122 | 18 | yes |
| 2033 | Sunday | 121 | 17 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Friday to Saturday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: May 1 is day 121 in a common year and day 122 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does May 1 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, May 1 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 May 1 sits in the calendar
May 1 is the 1st day of May, a month of 31 days in 2027, leaving 30 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 120 days into the year, and 244 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 33.2% of the way through 2027. In May 2027 the other Saturdays are the 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around May 1?
| Date | Occasion | Type | Days from May 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Star Wars Day | observance | 3 after |
| May 5 | Cinco de Mayo | observance | 4 after |
What day was May 1 in a past year?
The table above looks forward. Going back, May 1 fell on a different weekday in each earlier year, and each of those has its own page.
How far away is May 1?
The next May 1 is Saturday, May 1, 2027, 219 days from today. That is 31 whole weeks and 2 days, or 31.3 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is May 1, 2027?
- A Saturday. It is day 121 of 365 and falls in ISO week 17.
- What day of the week is May 1 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Saturday.
- What number day of the year is May 1?
- Day 121 in a common year and day 122 in a leap year. See day 121 for more.
- Which week of the year is May 1 in?
- ISO week 17 in 2027. The week 17 page lists every date in it.
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