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May 2002 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 12 May. Full moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2002 month 3 into 2002 month 4 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 00:37:18 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 13:29:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 May 2002 closes lunar 2002 month 3; lunar 2002 month 4 begins 12 May 2002.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2002
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 2002 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/19己巳Earth Snake23/20庚午Metal Horse33/21辛未Metal Goat43/22壬申Water Monkey3/23癸酉Water Rooster63/24甲戌Wood DogBeginning of Summer73/25乙亥Wood Pig83/26丙子Fire Rat93/27丁丑Fire Ox103/28戊寅Earth Tiger113/29己卯Earth Rabbit4/1庚辰Metal DragonLunar month opens134/2辛巳Metal Snake144/3壬午Water Horse154/4癸未Water Goat164/5甲申Wood Monkey174/6乙酉Wood Rooster184/7丙戌Fire Dog4/8丁亥Fire Pig204/9戊子Earth Rat214/10己丑Earth OxGrain Buds224/11庚寅Metal Tiger234/12辛卯Metal Rabbit244/13壬辰Water Dragon254/14癸巳Water Snake4/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-month274/16乙未Wood Goat284/17丙申Fire Monkey294/18丁酉Fire Rooster304/19戊戌Earth Dog314/20己亥Earth PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2002 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
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 2002
- 12 May 2002 — lunar 2002 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2002 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 2002 at 00:37:18 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2002 at 13:29:06 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 May 2002 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 26 May 2002 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

