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March 1942 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 1 Mar. Full moon: 3 Mar. New moon: 17 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 1942 month 1 into 1942 month 2 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 6 at 13:09:20 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 14:10:34 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 March 1942 closes lunar 1942 month 1; lunar 1942 month 2 begins 17 March 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1942
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
March 1942 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month21/16甲寅Wood Tiger31/17乙卯Wood Rabbit41/18丙辰Fire Dragon51/19丁巳Fire Snake61/20戊午Earth HorseAwakening of Insects71/21己未Earth Goat1/22庚申Metal Monkey91/23辛酉Metal Rooster101/24壬戌Water Dog111/25癸亥Water Pig121/26甲子Wood Rat131/27乙丑Wood Ox141/28丙寅Fire Tiger1/29丁卯Fire Rabbit161/30戊辰Earth Dragon172/1己巳Earth SnakeLunar month opens182/2庚午Metal Horse192/3辛未Metal Goat202/4壬申Water Monkey212/5癸酉Water RoosterSpring Equinox2/6甲戌Wood Dog232/7乙亥Wood Pig242/8丙子Fire Rat252/9丁丑Fire Ox262/10戊寅Earth Tiger272/11己卯Earth Rabbit282/12庚辰Metal Dragon2/13辛巳Metal Snake302/14壬午Water Horse312/15癸未Water GoatLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1942 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
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 March 1942
- 17 March 1942 — lunar 1942 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1942 month 2 opens.
- 6 March 1942 at 13:09:20 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 1942 at 14:10:34 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 March 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 March 1942 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 31 March 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 1 March 1942 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.