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June 1948 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 11 Jun. New moon: 7 Jun. Full moon: 21 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 1948 month 4 into 1948 month 5 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 03:20:19 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 20:10:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 June 1948 closes lunar 1948 month 4; lunar 1948 month 5 begins 7 June 1948.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1948
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 1948 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/24丁巳Fire Snake24/25戊午Earth Horse34/26己未Earth Goat44/27庚申Metal Monkey54/28辛酉Metal Rooster4/29壬戌Water DogGrain in Ear75/1癸亥Water PigLunar month opens85/2甲子Wood Rat95/3乙丑Wood Ox105/4丙寅Fire Tiger5/5丁卯Fire Rabbit125/6戊辰Earth Dragon5/7己巳Earth Snake145/8庚午Metal Horse155/9辛未Metal Goat165/10壬申Water Monkey175/11癸酉Water Rooster185/12甲戌Wood Dog195/13乙亥Wood Pig5/14丙子Fire Rat215/15丁丑Fire OxLunar mid-monthSummer Solstice225/16戊寅Earth Tiger235/17己卯Earth Rabbit245/18庚辰Metal Dragon255/19辛巳Metal Snake265/20壬午Water Horse5/21癸未Water Goat285/22甲申Wood Monkey295/23乙酉Wood Rooster305/24丙戌Fire DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1948 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 1948
- 7 June 1948 — lunar 1948 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1948 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1948 at 03:20:19 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 1948 at 20:10:32 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 June 1948 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 21 June 1948 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 June 1948 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.