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May 1969 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 2 May. New moon: 16 May. Full moon: 31 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1969 month 3 into 1969 month 4 · Yin Earth Rooster 己酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 00:49:47 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 13:49:42 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 May 1969 closes lunar 1969 month 3; lunar 1969 month 4 begins 16 May 1969.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1969
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1969 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month23/16丁丑Fire Ox33/17戊寅Earth Tiger3/18己卯Earth Rabbit53/19庚辰Metal Dragon63/20辛巳Metal SnakeBeginning of Summer73/21壬午Water Horse83/22癸未Water Goat93/23甲申Wood Monkey103/24乙酉Wood Rooster3/25丙戌Fire Dog123/26丁亥Fire Pig133/27戊子Earth Rat143/28己丑Earth Ox153/29庚寅Metal Tiger164/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens174/2壬辰Water Dragon4/3癸巳Water Snake194/4甲午Wood Horse204/5乙未Wood Goat214/6丙申Fire MonkeyGrain Buds224/7丁酉Fire Rooster234/8戊戌Earth Dog244/9己亥Earth Pig4/10庚子Metal Rat264/11辛丑Metal Ox274/12壬寅Water Tiger284/13癸卯Water Rabbit294/14甲辰Wood Dragon304/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month314/16丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1969 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 1969
- 16 May 1969 — lunar 1969 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1969 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1969 at 00:49:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1969 at 13:49:42 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 May 1969 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 May 1969 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 30 May 1969 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.