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May 1952 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 28 May. Full moon: 10 May. New moon: 24 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1952 month 4 into 1952 month 5 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 21:54:01 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 11:03:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 May 1952 closes lunar 1952 month 4; lunar 1952 month 5 begins 24 May 1952.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1952
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (30 days).
May 1952 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/8丁未Fire Goat24/9戊申Earth Monkey34/10己酉Earth Rooster4/11庚戌Metal Dog54/12辛亥Metal PigBeginning of Summer64/13壬子Water Rat74/14癸丑Water Ox84/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month94/16乙卯Wood Rabbit104/17丙辰Fire Dragon4/18丁巳Fire Snake124/19戊午Earth Horse134/20己未Earth Goat144/21庚申Metal Monkey154/22辛酉Metal Rooster164/23壬戌Water Dog174/24癸亥Water Pig4/25甲子Wood Rat194/26乙丑Wood Ox204/27丙寅Fire Tiger214/28丁卯Fire RabbitGrain Buds224/29戊辰Earth Dragon234/30己巳Earth Snake245/1庚午Metal HorseLunar month opens5/2辛未Metal Goat265/3壬申Water Monkey275/4癸酉Water Rooster5/5甲戌Wood Dog295/6乙亥Wood Pig305/7丙子Fire Rat315/8丁丑Fire OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1952 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/17
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 1952
- 24 May 1952 — lunar 1952 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1952 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 1952 at 21:54:01 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1952 at 11:03:49 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 May 1952 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 May 1952 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 28 May 1952 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.