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June 1959 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 10 Jun. New moon: 6 Jun. Full moon: 21 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 22 Jun.
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Lunar 1959 month 4 into 1959 month 5 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Horse · 庚午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 19:00:03 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 22 at 11:49:44 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 June 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 4; lunar 1959 month 5 begins 6 June 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/25甲寅Wood Tiger24/26乙卯Wood Rabbit34/27丙辰Fire Dragon44/28丁巳Fire Snake54/29戊午Earth Horse65/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opensGrain in Ear5/2庚申Metal Monkey85/3辛酉Metal Rooster95/4壬戌Water Dog5/5癸亥Water Pig115/6甲子Wood Rat125/7乙丑Wood Ox135/8丙寅Fire Tiger5/9丁卯Fire Rabbit155/10戊辰Earth Dragon165/11己巳Earth Snake175/12庚午Metal Horse185/13辛未Metal Goat195/14壬申Water Monkey205/15癸酉Water RoosterLunar mid-month5/16甲戌Wood Dog225/17乙亥Wood PigSummer Solstice235/18丙子Fire Rat245/19丁丑Fire Ox255/20戊寅Earth Tiger265/21己卯Earth Rabbit275/22庚辰Metal Dragon5/23辛巳Metal Snake295/24壬午Water Horse305/25癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1959 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
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 June 1959
- 6 June 1959 — lunar 1959 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1959 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1959 at 19:00:03 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 June 1959 at 11:49:44 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 June 1959 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 20 June 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 June 1959 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.