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June 1956 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 13 Jun. New moon: 9 Jun. Full moon: 23 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 1956 month 4 into 1956 month 5 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 01:35:47 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 18:23:41 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 June 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 4; lunar 1956 month 5 begins 9 June 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/23己亥Earth Pig24/24庚子Metal Rat4/25辛丑Metal Ox44/26壬寅Water Tiger54/27癸卯Water Rabbit64/28甲辰Wood DragonGrain in Ear74/29乙巳Wood Snake84/30丙午Fire Horse95/1丁未Fire GoatLunar month opens5/2戊申Earth Monkey115/3己酉Earth Rooster125/4庚戌Metal Dog5/5辛亥Metal Pig145/6壬子Water Rat155/7癸丑Water Ox165/8甲寅Wood Tiger5/9乙卯Wood Rabbit185/10丙辰Fire Dragon195/11丁巳Fire Snake205/12戊午Earth Horse215/13己未Earth GoatSummer Solstice225/14庚申Metal Monkey235/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month5/16壬戌Water Dog255/17癸亥Water Pig265/18甲子Wood Rat275/19乙丑Wood Ox285/20丙寅Fire Tiger295/21丁卯Fire Rabbit305/22戊辰Earth DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1956 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/7
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
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 1956
- 9 June 1956 — lunar 1956 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1956 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1956 at 01:35:47 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 1956 at 18:23:41 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 June 1956 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 23 June 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 June 1956 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.