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May 1985 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 5 May. New moon: 20 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1985 month 3 into 1985 month 4 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 21:42:32 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 10:42:55 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 May 1985 closes lunar 1985 month 3; lunar 1985 month 4 begins 20 May 1985.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/12庚子Metal Rat23/13辛丑Metal Ox33/14壬寅Water Tiger43/15癸卯Water RabbitLunar mid-month3/16甲辰Wood DragonBeginning of Summer63/17乙巳Wood Snake73/18丙午Fire Horse83/19丁未Fire Goat93/20戊申Earth Monkey103/21己酉Earth Rooster113/22庚戌Metal Dog3/23辛亥Metal Pig133/24壬子Water Rat143/25癸丑Water Ox153/26甲寅Wood Tiger163/27乙卯Wood Rabbit173/28丙辰Fire Dragon183/29丁巳Fire Snake3/30戊午Earth Horse204/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opens214/2庚申Metal MonkeyGrain Buds224/3辛酉Metal Rooster234/4壬戌Water Dog244/5癸亥Water Pig254/6甲子Wood Rat4/7乙丑Wood Ox274/8丙寅Fire Tiger284/9丁卯Fire Rabbit294/10戊辰Earth Dragon304/11己巳Earth Snake314/12庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1985 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
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 1985
- 20 May 1985 — lunar 1985 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1985 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1985 at 21:42:32 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1985 at 10:42:55 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 May 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 May 1985 — the first day of lunar month 4.

