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May 1960 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 29 May. Full moon: 11 May. New moon: 25 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1960 month 4 into 1960 month 5 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 20:22:33 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 09:33:28 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 May 1960 closes lunar 1960 month 4; lunar 1960 month 5 begins 25 May 1960.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1960
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
May 1960 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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4/6己丑Earth Ox24/7庚寅Metal Tiger34/8辛卯Metal Rabbit44/9壬辰Water Dragon54/10癸巳Water SnakeBeginning of Summer64/11甲午Wood Horse74/12乙未Wood Goat4/13丙申Fire Monkey94/14丁酉Fire Rooster104/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-month114/16己亥Earth Pig124/17庚子Metal Rat134/18辛丑Metal Ox144/19壬寅Water Tiger4/20癸卯Water Rabbit164/21甲辰Wood Dragon174/22乙巳Wood Snake184/23丙午Fire Horse194/24丁未Fire Goat204/25戊申Earth Monkey214/26己酉Earth RoosterGrain Buds4/27庚戌Metal Dog234/28辛亥Metal Pig244/29壬子Water Rat255/1癸丑Water OxLunar month opens265/2甲寅Wood Tiger275/3乙卯Wood Rabbit285/4丙辰Fire Dragon5/5丁巳Fire Snake305/6戊午Earth Horse315/7己未Earth GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1960 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 May 1960
- 25 May 1960 — lunar 1960 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1960 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 1960 at 20:22:33 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1960 at 09:33:28 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 1960 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 May 1960 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 29 May 1960 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.