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July 1940 Chinese lunar calendar

July 1940 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 5 / 6. New moon: 5 Jul. Full moon: 19 Jul. Minor Heat: 7 Jul. Major Heat: 23 Jul.

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Lunar 1940 month 5 into 1940 month 6 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Water Goat · 癸未
Solar terms
Minor Heat · 7 at 15:08:01 UTC+8; Major Heat · 23 at 08:34:03 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
4 July 1940 closes lunar 1940 month 5; lunar 1940 month 6 begins 5 July 1940.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 1940

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

July 1940 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 6/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 6/15

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/23

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 July 1940

  • 5 July 1940 — lunar 1940 month 5 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1940 month 6 opens.
  • 7 July 1940 at 15:08:01 UTC+8Minor Heat, 小暑 Xiǎoshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 23 July 1940 at 08:34:03 UTC+8Major Heat, 大暑 Dàshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 5 July 1940the first day of lunar month 6.
  • 19 July 1940lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.

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