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March 1950 Chinese lunar calendar

March 1950 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 3 Mar. Full moon: 4 Mar. New moon: 18 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.

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Lunar 1950 month 1 into 1950 month 2 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯
Solar terms
Awakening of Insects · 6 at 11:35:26 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 12:35:06 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
17 March 1950 closes lunar 1950 month 1; lunar 1950 month 2 begins 18 March 1950.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 1950

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

March 1950 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 1/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 1/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 2/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 2/10

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 1950

  • 18 March 1950 — lunar 1950 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1950 month 2 opens.
  • 6 March 1950 at 11:35:26 UTC+8Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 March 1950 at 12:35:06 UTC+8Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 3 March 1950lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
  • 18 March 1950the first day of lunar month 2.
  • 3 March 1950Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.

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