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March 1959 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. New moon: 9 Mar. Full moon: 25 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 1959 month 1 into 1959 month 2 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 6 at 15:56:35 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 16:54:29 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 March 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 1; lunar 1959 month 2 begins 9 March 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/22壬午Water Horse21/23癸未Water Goat31/24甲申Wood Monkey41/25乙酉Wood Rooster51/26丙戌Fire Dog61/27丁亥Fire PigAwakening of Insects71/28戊子Earth Rat1/29己丑Earth Ox92/1庚寅Metal TigerLunar month opens102/2辛卯Metal Rabbit112/3壬辰Water Dragon122/4癸巳Water Snake132/5甲午Wood Horse142/6乙未Wood Goat2/7丙申Fire Monkey162/8丁酉Fire Rooster172/9戊戌Earth Dog182/10己亥Earth Pig192/11庚子Metal Rat202/12辛丑Metal Ox212/13壬寅Water TigerSpring Equinox2/14癸卯Water Rabbit232/15甲辰Wood DragonLunar mid-month242/16乙巳Wood Snake252/17丙午Fire Horse262/18丁未Fire Goat272/19戊申Earth Monkey282/20己酉Earth Rooster2/21庚戌Metal Dog302/22辛亥Metal Pig312/23壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1959 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
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 March 1959
- 9 March 1959 — lunar 1959 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1959 month 2 opens.
- 6 March 1959 at 15:56:35 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 1959 at 16:54:29 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 March 1959 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 23 March 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.

