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May 1987 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 13 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1987 month 4 into 1987 month 5 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 09:05:35 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 22:10:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 May 1987 closes lunar 1987 month 4; lunar 1987 month 5 begins 27 May 1987.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
May 1987 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/4庚戌Metal Dog24/5辛亥Metal Pig4/6壬子Water Rat44/7癸丑Water Ox54/8甲寅Wood Tiger64/9乙卯Wood RabbitBeginning of Summer74/10丙辰Fire Dragon84/11丁巳Fire Snake94/12戊午Earth Horse4/13己未Earth Goat114/14庚申Metal Monkey124/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month134/16壬戌Water Dog144/17癸亥Water Pig154/18甲子Wood Rat164/19乙丑Wood Ox4/20丙寅Fire Tiger184/21丁卯Fire Rabbit194/22戊辰Earth Dragon204/23己巳Earth Snake214/24庚午Metal HorseGrain Buds224/25辛未Metal Goat234/26壬申Water Monkey4/27癸酉Water Rooster254/28甲戌Wood Dog264/29乙亥Wood Pig275/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens285/2丁丑Fire Ox295/3戊寅Earth Tiger305/4己卯Earth Rabbit5/5庚辰Metal DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1987 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 1987
- 27 May 1987 — lunar 1987 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1987 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1987 at 09:05:35 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1987 at 22:10:01 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 May 1987 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 May 1987 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 31 May 1987 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.