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March 1959 Chinese lunar calendar

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.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

March 1959 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 1/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 2/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 2/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 2/17

  5. 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+8Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 March 1959 at 16:54:29 UTC+8Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 9 March 1959the first day of lunar month 2.
  • 23 March 1959lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.

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