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June 1978 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 10 Jun. New moon: 6 Jun. Full moon: 21 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 22 Jun.
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Lunar 1978 month 4 into 1978 month 5 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 09:23:05 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 22 at 02:09:33 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 June 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 4; lunar 1978 month 5 begins 6 June 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
June 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/26甲午Wood Horse24/27乙未Wood Goat34/28丙申Fire Monkey4/29丁酉Fire Rooster54/30戊戌Earth Dog65/1己亥Earth PigLunar month opensGrain in Ear75/2庚子Metal Rat85/3辛丑Metal Ox95/4壬寅Water Tiger5/5癸卯Water Rabbit5/6甲辰Wood Dragon125/7乙巳Wood Snake135/8丙午Fire Horse145/9丁未Fire Goat155/10戊申Earth Monkey165/11己酉Earth Rooster175/12庚戌Metal Dog5/13辛亥Metal Pig195/14壬子Water Rat205/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month215/16甲寅Wood Tiger225/17乙卯Wood RabbitSummer Solstice235/18丙辰Fire Dragon245/19丁巳Fire Snake5/20戊午Earth Horse265/21己未Earth Goat275/22庚申Metal Monkey285/23辛酉Metal Rooster295/24壬戌Water Dog305/25癸亥Water PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/22
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 June 1978
- 6 June 1978 — lunar 1978 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1978 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1978 at 09:23:05 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 June 1978 at 02:09:33 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 June 1978 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 20 June 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 June 1978 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.