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May 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 2 May. New moon: 16 May. Full moon: 31 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1988 month 3 into 1988 month 4 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 15:01:43 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 03:56:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 May 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 3; lunar 1988 month 4 begins 16 May 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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3/16丙辰Fire Dragon23/17丁巳Fire Snake33/18戊午Earth Horse43/19己未Earth Goat53/20庚申Metal MonkeyBeginning of Summer63/21辛酉Metal Rooster73/22壬戌Water Dog3/23癸亥Water Pig93/24甲子Wood Rat103/25乙丑Wood Ox113/26丙寅Fire Tiger123/27丁卯Fire Rabbit133/28戊辰Earth Dragon143/29己巳Earth Snake3/30庚午Metal Horse164/1辛未Metal GoatLunar month opens174/2壬申Water Monkey184/3癸酉Water Rooster194/4甲戌Wood Dog204/5乙亥Wood Pig214/6丙子Fire RatGrain Buds4/7丁丑Fire Ox234/8戊寅Earth Tiger244/9己卯Earth Rabbit254/10庚辰Metal Dragon264/11辛巳Metal Snake274/12壬午Water Horse284/13癸未Water Goat4/14甲申Wood Monkey304/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month314/16丙戌Fire DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1988 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
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 1988
- 16 May 1988 — lunar 1988 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1988 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1988 at 15:01:43 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1988 at 03:56:40 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 16 May 1988 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 30 May 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.