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May 1990 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 28 May. Full moon: 10 May. New moon: 24 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1990 month 4 into 1990 month 5 · Yang Metal Horse 庚午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 02:35:26 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 15:37:23 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 May 1990 closes lunar 1990 month 4; lunar 1990 month 5 begins 24 May 1990.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1990
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
May 1990 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/7丙寅Fire Tiger24/8丁卯Fire Rabbit34/9戊辰Earth Dragon44/10己巳Earth Snake54/11庚午Metal Horse4/12辛未Metal GoatBeginning of Summer74/13壬申Water Monkey84/14癸酉Water Rooster94/15甲戌Wood DogLunar mid-month104/16乙亥Wood Pig114/17丙子Fire Rat124/18丁丑Fire Ox4/19戊寅Earth Tiger144/20己卯Earth Rabbit154/21庚辰Metal Dragon164/22辛巳Metal Snake174/23壬午Water Horse184/24癸未Water Goat194/25甲申Wood Monkey4/26乙酉Wood Rooster214/27丙戌Fire DogGrain Buds224/28丁亥Fire Pig234/29戊子Earth Rat245/1己丑Earth OxLunar month opens255/2庚寅Metal Tiger265/3辛卯Metal Rabbit5/4壬辰Water Dragon5/5癸巳Water Snake295/6甲午Wood Horse305/7乙未Wood Goat315/8丙申Fire MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1990 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
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 May 1990
- 24 May 1990 — lunar 1990 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1990 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1990 at 02:35:26 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1990 at 15:37:23 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 May 1990 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 May 1990 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 28 May 1990 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.