May 27, 2027 falls on a Thursday
May 27, 2027 is a Thursday. It is 245 days from today, September 24, 2026. The date is day 147 of 365 in 2027, it sits in ISO week 21, and it is the 27th of a 31-day month with 4 days after it.
What day of the week is May 27?
In 2027 it is a Thursday. 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 27 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
May 27 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 147 | 22 | no |
| 2027 | Thursday | 147 | 21 | no |
| 2028 | Saturday | 148 | 21 | yes |
| 2029 | Sunday | 147 | 21 | no |
| 2030 | Monday | 147 | 22 | no |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 147 | 22 | no |
| 2032 | Thursday | 148 | 22 | yes |
| 2033 | Friday | 147 | 21 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Wednesday to Thursday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: May 27 is day 147 in a common year and day 148 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does May 27 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2027 to 2054, May 27 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 27 sits in the calendar
May 27 is the 27th day of May, a month of 31 days in 2027, leaving 4 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 146 days into the year, and 218 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 40.3% of the way through 2027. In May 2027 the other Thursdays are the 6th, 13th, 20th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around May 27?
| Date | Occasion | Type | Days from May 27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 | Memorial Day | federal holiday | 4 after |
What day was May 27 in a past year?
The table above looks forward. Going back, May 27 fell on a different weekday in each earlier year, and each of those has its own page.
How far away is May 27?
The next May 27 is Thursday, May 27, 2027, 245 days from today. That is 35 whole weeks and 0 days, or 35.0 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is May 27, 2027?
- A Thursday. It is day 147 of 365 and falls in ISO week 21.
- What day of the week is May 27 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Thursday.
- What number day of the year is May 27?
- Day 147 in a common year and day 148 in a leap year. See day 147 for more.
- Which week of the year is May 27 in?
- ISO week 21 in 2027. The week 21 page lists every date in it.
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