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March 1985 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 6 Mar. Full moon: 7 Mar. New moon: 21 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 1985 month 1 into 1985 month 2 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 23:16:21 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 00:13:43 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 March 1985 closes lunar 1985 month 1; lunar 1985 month 2 begins 21 March 1985.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/10己亥Earth Pig21/11庚子Metal Rat1/12辛丑Metal Ox41/13壬寅Water Tiger51/14癸卯Water RabbitAwakening of Insects1/15甲辰Wood DragonLunar mid-month71/16乙巳Wood Snake81/17丙午Fire Horse91/18丁未Fire Goat1/19戊申Earth Monkey111/20己酉Earth Rooster121/21庚戌Metal Dog131/22辛亥Metal Pig141/23壬子Water Rat151/24癸丑Water Ox161/25甲寅Wood Tiger1/26乙卯Wood Rabbit181/27丙辰Fire Dragon191/28丁巳Fire Snake201/29戊午Earth Horse212/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opensSpring Equinox222/2庚申Metal Monkey232/3辛酉Metal Rooster2/4壬戌Water Dog252/5癸亥Water Pig262/6甲子Wood Rat272/7乙丑Wood Ox282/8丙寅Fire Tiger292/9丁卯Fire Rabbit302/10戊辰Earth Dragon2/11己巳Earth SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1985 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/10
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 March 1985
- 21 March 1985 — lunar 1985 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1985 month 2 opens.
- 5 March 1985 at 23:16:21 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 1985 at 00:13:43 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 March 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 March 1985 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 6 March 1985 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.