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May 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 1 May. New moon: 15 May. Full moon: 30 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1961 month 3 into 1961 month 4 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 02:21:16 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 15:22:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 May 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 3; lunar 1961 month 4 begins 15 May 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/17甲午Wood Horse23/18乙未Wood Goat33/19丙申Fire Monkey43/20丁酉Fire Rooster53/21戊戌Earth Dog63/22己亥Earth PigBeginning of Summer3/23庚子Metal Rat83/24辛丑Metal Ox93/25壬寅Water Tiger103/26癸卯Water Rabbit113/27甲辰Wood Dragon123/28乙巳Wood Snake133/29丙午Fire Horse3/30丁未Fire Goat154/1戊申Earth MonkeyLunar month opens164/2己酉Earth Rooster174/3庚戌Metal Dog184/4辛亥Metal Pig194/5壬子Water Rat204/6癸丑Water Ox4/7甲寅Wood TigerGrain Buds224/8乙卯Wood Rabbit234/9丙辰Fire Dragon244/10丁巳Fire Snake254/11戊午Earth Horse264/12己未Earth Goat274/13庚申Metal Monkey4/14辛酉Metal Rooster294/15壬戌Water DogLunar mid-month304/16癸亥Water Pig314/17甲子Wood RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1961 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
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 1961
- 15 May 1961 — lunar 1961 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1961 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1961 at 02:21:16 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1961 at 15:22:14 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 May 1961 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 29 May 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.