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May 1979 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 30 May. Full moon: 12 May. New moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1979 month 4 into 1979 month 5 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 10:47:10 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 23:53:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 May 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 4; lunar 1979 month 5 begins 26 May 1979.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
May 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/6戊辰Earth Dragon24/7己巳Earth Snake34/8庚午Metal Horse44/9辛未Metal Goat54/10壬申Water Monkey4/11癸酉Water RoosterBeginning of Summer74/12甲戌Wood Dog84/13乙亥Wood Pig94/14丙子Fire Rat104/15丁丑Fire OxLunar mid-month114/16戊寅Earth Tiger124/17己卯Earth Rabbit4/18庚辰Metal Dragon144/19辛巳Metal Snake154/20壬午Water Horse164/21癸未Water Goat174/22甲申Wood Monkey184/23乙酉Wood Rooster194/24丙戌Fire Dog4/25丁亥Fire Pig214/26戊子Earth RatGrain Buds224/27己丑Earth Ox234/28庚寅Metal Tiger244/29辛卯Metal Rabbit254/30壬辰Water Dragon265/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens5/2甲午Wood Horse285/3乙未Wood Goat295/4丙申Fire Monkey5/5丁酉Fire Rooster315/6戊戌Earth DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1979 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/17
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 1979
- 26 May 1979 — lunar 1979 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1979 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1979 at 10:47:10 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1979 at 23:53:50 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 May 1979 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 May 1979 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.