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May 1970 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 5 May. Full moon: 21 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1970 month 3 into 1970 month 4 · Yang Metal Dog 庚戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 06:33:47 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 19:37:19 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 May 1970 closes lunar 1970 month 3; lunar 1970 month 4 begins 5 May 1970.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1970
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1970 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/26辛巳Metal Snake23/27壬午Water Horse3/28癸未Water Goat43/29甲申Wood Monkey54/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens64/2丙戌Fire DogBeginning of Summer74/3丁亥Fire Pig84/4戊子Earth Rat94/5己丑Earth Ox4/6庚寅Metal Tiger114/7辛卯Metal Rabbit124/8壬辰Water Dragon134/9癸巳Water Snake144/10甲午Wood Horse154/11乙未Wood Goat164/12丙申Fire Monkey4/13丁酉Fire Rooster184/14戊戌Earth Dog194/15己亥Earth PigLunar mid-month204/16庚子Metal Rat214/17辛丑Metal OxGrain Buds224/18壬寅Water Tiger234/19癸卯Water Rabbit4/20甲辰Wood Dragon254/21乙巳Wood Snake264/22丙午Fire Horse274/23丁未Fire Goat284/24戊申Earth Monkey294/25己酉Earth Rooster304/26庚戌Metal Dog4/27辛亥Metal PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1970 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/17
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
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 1970
- 5 May 1970 — lunar 1970 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1970 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1970 at 06:33:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1970 at 19:37:19 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 May 1970 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 19 May 1970 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

