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May 1942 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 1 May. New moon: 15 May. Full moon: 30 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 22 May.
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Lunar 1942 month 3 into 1942 month 4 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 12:06:50 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 22 at 01:08:38 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 May 1942 closes lunar 1942 month 3; lunar 1942 month 4 begins 15 May 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1942
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1942 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/17甲寅Wood Tiger23/18乙卯Wood Rabbit3/19丙辰Fire Dragon43/20丁巳Fire Snake53/21戊午Earth Horse63/22己未Earth GoatBeginning of Summer73/23庚申Metal Monkey83/24辛酉Metal Rooster93/25壬戌Water Dog3/26癸亥Water Pig113/27甲子Wood Rat123/28乙丑Wood Ox133/29丙寅Fire Tiger143/30丁卯Fire Rabbit154/1戊辰Earth DragonLunar month opens164/2己巳Earth Snake4/3庚午Metal Horse184/4辛未Metal Goat194/5壬申Water Monkey204/6癸酉Water Rooster214/7甲戌Wood Dog224/8乙亥Wood PigGrain Buds234/9丙子Fire Rat4/10丁丑Fire Ox254/11戊寅Earth Tiger264/12己卯Earth Rabbit274/13庚辰Metal Dragon284/14辛巳Metal Snake294/15壬午Water HorseLunar mid-month304/16癸未Water Goat4/17甲申Wood MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1942 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
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 May 1942
- 15 May 1942 — lunar 1942 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1942 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1942 at 12:06:50 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 May 1942 at 01:08:38 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 May 1942 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 29 May 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.