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May 1989 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 5 May. Full moon: 21 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1989 month 3 into 1989 month 4 · Yin Earth Snake 己巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 20:53:55 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 09:53:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 May 1989 closes lunar 1989 month 3; lunar 1989 month 4 begins 5 May 1989.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1989
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1989 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/26辛酉Metal Rooster23/27壬戌Water Dog33/28癸亥Water Pig43/29甲子Wood Rat54/1乙丑Wood OxLunar month opensBeginning of Summer64/2丙寅Fire Tiger4/3丁卯Fire Rabbit84/4戊辰Earth Dragon94/5己巳Earth Snake104/6庚午Metal Horse114/7辛未Metal Goat124/8壬申Water Monkey134/9癸酉Water Rooster4/10甲戌Wood Dog154/11乙亥Wood Pig164/12丙子Fire Rat174/13丁丑Fire Ox184/14戊寅Earth Tiger194/15己卯Earth RabbitLunar mid-month204/16庚辰Metal Dragon4/17辛巳Metal SnakeGrain Buds224/18壬午Water Horse234/19癸未Water Goat244/20甲申Wood Monkey254/21乙酉Wood Rooster264/22丙戌Fire Dog274/23丁亥Fire Pig4/24戊子Earth Rat294/25己丑Earth Ox304/26庚寅Metal Tiger314/27辛卯Metal RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1989 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/17
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
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 1989
- 5 May 1989 — lunar 1989 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1989 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1989 at 20:53:55 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1989 at 09:53:32 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 May 1989 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 19 May 1989 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

