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May 2000 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 4 May. Full moon: 18 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2000 month 3 into 2000 month 4 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 12:50:10 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 01:49:24 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 May 2000 closes lunar 2000 month 3; lunar 2000 month 4 begins 4 May 2000.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2000
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 2000 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/27己未Earth Goat23/28庚申Metal Monkey33/29辛酉Metal Rooster44/1壬戌Water DogLunar month opens54/2癸亥Water PigBeginning of Summer64/3甲子Wood Rat4/4乙丑Wood Ox84/5丙寅Fire Tiger94/6丁卯Fire Rabbit104/7戊辰Earth Dragon114/8己巳Earth Snake124/9庚午Metal Horse134/10辛未Metal Goat4/11壬申Water Monkey154/12癸酉Water Rooster164/13甲戌Wood Dog174/14乙亥Wood Pig184/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month194/16丁丑Fire Ox204/17戊寅Earth Tiger4/18己卯Earth RabbitGrain Buds224/19庚辰Metal Dragon234/20辛巳Metal Snake244/21壬午Water Horse254/22癸未Water Goat264/23甲申Wood Monkey274/24乙酉Wood Rooster4/25丙戌Fire Dog294/26丁亥Fire Pig304/27戊子Earth Rat314/28己丑Earth OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2000 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 2000
- 4 May 2000 — lunar 2000 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2000 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 2000 at 12:50:10 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2000 at 01:49:24 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 May 2000 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 18 May 2000 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

