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March 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 2 Mar. Full moon: 4 Mar. New moon: 18 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.
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Lunar 1988 month 1 into 1988 month 2 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 16:46:32 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 17:38:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 March 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 1; lunar 1988 month 2 begins 18 March 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
March 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/14乙卯Wood Rabbit1/15丙辰Fire DragonLunar mid-month31/16丁巳Fire Snake41/17戊午Earth Horse51/18己未Earth GoatAwakening of Insects1/19庚申Metal Monkey71/20辛酉Metal Rooster81/21壬戌Water Dog91/22癸亥Water Pig101/23甲子Wood Rat111/24乙丑Wood Ox121/25丙寅Fire Tiger1/26丁卯Fire Rabbit141/27戊辰Earth Dragon151/28己巳Earth Snake161/29庚午Metal Horse171/30辛未Metal Goat182/1壬申Water MonkeyLunar month opens192/2癸酉Water Rooster2/3甲戌Wood DogSpring Equinox212/4乙亥Wood Pig222/5丙子Fire Rat232/6丁丑Fire Ox242/7戊寅Earth Tiger252/8己卯Earth Rabbit262/9庚辰Metal Dragon2/10辛巳Metal Snake282/11壬午Water Horse292/12癸未Water Goat302/13甲申Wood Monkey312/14乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1988 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 March 1988
- 18 March 1988 — lunar 1988 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1988 month 2 opens.
- 5 March 1988 at 16:46:32 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 March 1988 at 17:38:35 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 March 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 March 1988 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 2 March 1988 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.