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May 1989 Chinese lunar calendar

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.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 1989 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 4/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 4/17

  4. 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+8Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 May 1989 at 09:53:32 UTC+8Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 5 May 1989the first day of lunar month 4.
  • 19 May 1989lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

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