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June 1940 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 10 Jun. New moon: 6 Jun. Full moon: 20 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 1940 month 4 into 1940 month 5 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 04:44:02 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 21:36:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 June 1940 closes lunar 1940 month 4; lunar 1940 month 5 begins 6 June 1940.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1940
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 1940 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/26乙亥Wood Pig4/27丙子Fire Rat34/28丁丑Fire Ox44/29戊寅Earth Tiger54/30己卯Earth Rabbit65/1庚辰Metal DragonLunar month opensGrain in Ear75/2辛巳Metal Snake85/3壬午Water Horse5/4癸未Water Goat5/5甲申Wood Monkey115/6乙酉Wood Rooster125/7丙戌Fire Dog135/8丁亥Fire Pig145/9戊子Earth Rat155/10己丑Earth Ox5/11庚寅Metal Tiger175/12辛卯Metal Rabbit185/13壬辰Water Dragon195/14癸巳Water Snake205/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-month215/16乙未Wood GoatSummer Solstice225/17丙申Fire Monkey5/18丁酉Fire Rooster245/19戊戌Earth Dog255/20己亥Earth Pig265/21庚子Metal Rat275/22辛丑Metal Ox285/23壬寅Water Tiger295/24癸卯Water Rabbit5/25甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1940 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in June 1940
- 6 June 1940 — lunar 1940 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1940 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1940 at 04:44:02 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 1940 at 21:36:22 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 June 1940 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 20 June 1940 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 June 1940 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.