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May 1999 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 15 May. Full moon: 30 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1999 month 3 into 1999 month 4 · Yin Earth Rabbit 己卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 07:01:00 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 19:52:25 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 May 1999 closes lunar 1999 month 3; lunar 1999 month 4 begins 15 May 1999.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1999
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1999 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/16癸丑Water Ox3/17甲寅Wood Tiger33/18乙卯Wood Rabbit43/19丙辰Fire Dragon53/20丁巳Fire Snake63/21戊午Earth HorseBeginning of Summer73/22己未Earth Goat83/23庚申Metal Monkey3/24辛酉Metal Rooster103/25壬戌Water Dog113/26癸亥Water Pig123/27甲子Wood Rat133/28乙丑Wood Ox143/29丙寅Fire Tiger154/1丁卯Fire RabbitLunar month opens4/2戊辰Earth Dragon174/3己巳Earth Snake184/4庚午Metal Horse194/5辛未Metal Goat204/6壬申Water Monkey214/7癸酉Water RoosterGrain Buds224/8甲戌Wood Dog4/9乙亥Wood Pig244/10丙子Fire Rat254/11丁丑Fire Ox264/12戊寅Earth Tiger274/13己卯Earth Rabbit284/14庚辰Metal Dragon294/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month4/16壬午Water Horse314/17癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1999 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
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 1999
- 15 May 1999 — lunar 1999 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1999 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1999 at 07:01:00 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1999 at 19:52:25 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 May 1999 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 29 May 1999 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

