May 23, 2027 falls on a Sunday
May 23, 2027 is a Sunday. It is 241 days from today, September 24, 2026. The date is day 143 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 20, and it is the 23rd of a 31-day month with 8 days after it.
What day of the week is May 23?
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 May 23 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
May 23 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 143 | 21 | no |
| 2027 | Sunday | 143 | 20 | no |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 144 | 21 | yes |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 143 | 21 | no |
| 2030 | Thursday | 143 | 21 | no |
| 2031 | Friday | 143 | 21 | no |
| 2032 | Sunday | 144 | 21 | yes |
| 2033 | Monday | 143 | 21 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Saturday to Sunday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: May 23 is day 143 in a common year and day 144 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does May 23 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, May 23 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 23 sits in the calendar
May 23 is the 23rd day of May, a month of 31 days in 2027, leaving 8 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 142 days into the year, and 222 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 39.2% of the way through 2027. In May 2027 the other Sundays are the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around May 23?
No holiday or widely marked observance falls within five days of May 23 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.
What day was May 23 in a past year?
The table above looks forward. Going back, May 23 fell on a different weekday in each earlier year, and each of those has its own page.
How far away is May 23?
The next May 23 is Sunday, May 23, 2027, 241 days from today. That is 34 whole weeks and 3 days, or 34.4 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is May 23, 2027?
- A Sunday. It is day 143 of 365 and falls in ISO week 20.
- What day of the week is May 23 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Sunday.
- What number day of the year is May 23?
- Day 143 in a common year and day 144 in a leap year. See day 143 for more.
- Which week of the year is May 23 in?
- ISO week 20 in 2027. The week 20 page lists every date in it.
Nearby dates
The 23rd of other months
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