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June 1996 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 20 Jun. Full moon: 2 Jun. New moon: 16 Jun. Grain in Ear: 5 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 1996 month 4 into 1996 month 5 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 5 at 17:40:47 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 10:23:44 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 June 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 4; lunar 1996 month 5 begins 16 June 1996.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/16己巳Earth Snake4/17庚午Metal Horse34/18辛未Metal Goat44/19壬申Water Monkey54/20癸酉Water RoosterGrain in Ear64/21甲戌Wood Dog74/22乙亥Wood Pig84/23丙子Fire Rat4/24丁丑Fire Ox104/25戊寅Earth Tiger114/26己卯Earth Rabbit124/27庚辰Metal Dragon134/28辛巳Metal Snake144/29壬午Water Horse154/30癸未Water Goat5/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens175/2乙酉Wood Rooster185/3丙戌Fire Dog195/4丁亥Fire Pig5/5戊子Earth Rat215/6己丑Earth OxSummer Solstice225/7庚寅Metal Tiger5/8辛卯Metal Rabbit245/9壬辰Water Dragon255/10癸巳Water Snake265/11甲午Wood Horse275/12乙未Wood Goat285/13丙申Fire Monkey295/14丁酉Fire Rooster5/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1996 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 4/17
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
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 June 1996
- 16 June 1996 — lunar 1996 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1996 month 5 opens.
- 5 June 1996 at 17:40:47 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 1996 at 10:23:44 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 16 June 1996 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 June 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 June 1996 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.