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March 1953 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Full moon: 1 Mar. New moon: 15 Mar. Full moon: 30 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 1953 month 1 into 1953 month 2 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 6 at 05:02:26 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 06:00:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 March 1953 closes lunar 1953 month 1; lunar 1953 month 2 begins 15 March 1953.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 1953 day by day
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1/16辛亥Metal Pig21/17壬子Water Rat31/18癸丑Water Ox41/19甲寅Wood Tiger51/20乙卯Wood Rabbit61/21丙辰Fire DragonAwakening of Insects71/22丁巳Fire Snake1/23戊午Earth Horse91/24己未Earth Goat101/25庚申Metal Monkey111/26辛酉Metal Rooster121/27壬戌Water Dog131/28癸亥Water Pig141/29甲子Wood Rat2/1乙丑Wood OxLunar month opens162/2丙寅Fire Tiger172/3丁卯Fire Rabbit182/4戊辰Earth Dragon192/5己巳Earth Snake202/6庚午Metal Horse212/7辛未Metal GoatSpring Equinox2/8壬申Water Monkey232/9癸酉Water Rooster242/10甲戌Wood Dog252/11乙亥Wood Pig262/12丙子Fire Rat272/13丁丑Fire Ox282/14戊寅Earth Tiger2/15己卯Earth RabbitLunar mid-month302/16庚辰Metal Dragon312/17辛巳Metal SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1953 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
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 March 1953
- 15 March 1953 — lunar 1953 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1953 month 2 opens.
- 6 March 1953 at 05:02:26 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 1953 at 06:00:30 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 March 1953 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 29 March 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.