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May 1998 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 30 May. Full moon: 11 May. New moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1998 month 4 into 1998 month 5 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 01:03:10 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 14:05:26 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 May 1998 closes lunar 1998 month 4; lunar 1998 month 5 begins 26 May 1998.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
May 1998 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/6戊申Earth Monkey24/7己酉Earth Rooster4/8庚戌Metal Dog44/9辛亥Metal Pig54/10壬子Water Rat64/11癸丑Water OxBeginning of Summer74/12甲寅Wood Tiger84/13乙卯Wood Rabbit94/14丙辰Fire Dragon4/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-month114/16戊午Earth Horse124/17己未Earth Goat134/18庚申Metal Monkey144/19辛酉Metal Rooster154/20壬戌Water Dog164/21癸亥Water Pig4/22甲子Wood Rat184/23乙丑Wood Ox194/24丙寅Fire Tiger204/25丁卯Fire Rabbit214/26戊辰Earth DragonGrain Buds224/27己巳Earth Snake234/28庚午Metal Horse4/29辛未Metal Goat254/30壬申Water Monkey265/1癸酉Water RoosterLunar month opens275/2甲戌Wood Dog285/3乙亥Wood Pig295/4丙子Fire Rat5/5丁丑Fire Ox5/6戊寅Earth TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1998 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 1998
- 26 May 1998 — lunar 1998 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1998 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1998 at 01:03:10 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1998 at 14:05:26 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 1998 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 May 1998 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 May 1998 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.