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March 1960 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Full moon: 13 Mar. New moon: 27 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.
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Lunar 1960 month 2 into 1960 month 3 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 21:36:06 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 22:42:38 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 March 1960 closes lunar 1960 month 2; lunar 1960 month 3 begins 27 March 1960.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1960
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
March 1960 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/4戊子Earth Rat22/5己丑Earth Ox32/6庚寅Metal Tiger42/7辛卯Metal Rabbit52/8壬辰Water DragonAwakening of Insects2/9癸巳Water Snake72/10甲午Wood Horse82/11乙未Wood Goat92/12丙申Fire Monkey102/13丁酉Fire Rooster112/14戊戌Earth Dog122/15己亥Earth PigLunar mid-month2/16庚子Metal Rat142/17辛丑Metal Ox152/18壬寅Water Tiger162/19癸卯Water Rabbit172/20甲辰Wood Dragon182/21乙巳Wood Snake192/22丙午Fire Horse2/23丁未Fire GoatSpring Equinox212/24戊申Earth Monkey222/25己酉Earth Rooster232/26庚戌Metal Dog242/27辛亥Metal Pig252/28壬子Water Rat262/29癸丑Water Ox3/1甲寅Wood TigerLunar month opens283/2乙卯Wood Rabbit293/3丙辰Fire Dragon303/4丁巳Fire Snake313/5戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1960 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
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 1960
- 27 March 1960 — lunar 1960 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1960 month 3 opens.
- 5 March 1960 at 21:36:06 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 March 1960 at 22:42:38 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 March 1960 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 March 1960 — the first day of lunar month 3.

