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May 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 3 May. Full moon: 17 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1973 month 3 into 1973 month 4 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 23:46:23 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 12:53:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 May 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 3; lunar 1973 month 4 begins 3 May 1973.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/29丁酉Fire Rooster23/30戊戌Earth Dog34/1己亥Earth PigLunar month opens44/2庚子Metal Rat54/3辛丑Metal OxBeginning of Summer4/4壬寅Water Tiger74/5癸卯Water Rabbit84/6甲辰Wood Dragon94/7乙巳Wood Snake104/8丙午Fire Horse114/9丁未Fire Goat124/10戊申Earth Monkey4/11己酉Earth Rooster144/12庚戌Metal Dog154/13辛亥Metal Pig164/14壬子Water Rat174/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month184/16甲寅Wood Tiger194/17乙卯Wood Rabbit4/18丙辰Fire Dragon214/19丁巳Fire SnakeGrain Buds224/20戊午Earth Horse234/21己未Earth Goat244/22庚申Metal Monkey254/23辛酉Metal Rooster264/24壬戌Water Dog4/25癸亥Water Pig284/26甲子Wood Rat294/27乙丑Wood Ox304/28丙寅Fire Tiger314/29丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1973 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/7
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 1973
- 3 May 1973 — lunar 1973 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1973 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1973 at 23:46:23 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1973 at 12:53:49 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 May 1973 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 17 May 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

