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May 2003 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. New moon: 1 May. Full moon: 16 May. New moon: 31 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2003 month 4 into 2003 month 5 · Yin Water Goat 癸未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 06:10:29 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 19:12:25 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 30 May 2003 closes lunar 2003 month 4; lunar 2003 month 5 begins 31 May 2003.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2003
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 2003 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/1甲戌Wood DogLunar month opens24/2乙亥Wood Pig34/3丙子Fire Rat4/4丁丑Fire Ox54/5戊寅Earth Tiger64/6己卯Earth RabbitBeginning of Summer74/7庚辰Metal Dragon84/8辛巳Metal Snake94/9壬午Water Horse104/10癸未Water Goat4/11甲申Wood Monkey124/12乙酉Wood Rooster134/13丙戌Fire Dog144/14丁亥Fire Pig154/15戊子Earth RatLunar mid-month164/16己丑Earth Ox174/17庚寅Metal Tiger4/18辛卯Metal Rabbit194/19壬辰Water Dragon204/20癸巳Water Snake214/21甲午Wood HorseGrain Buds224/22乙未Wood Goat234/23丙申Fire Monkey244/24丁酉Fire Rooster4/25戊戌Earth Dog264/26己亥Earth Pig274/27庚子Metal Rat284/28辛丑Metal Ox294/29壬寅Water Tiger304/30癸卯Water Rabbit315/1甲辰Wood DragonLunar month opensThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2003 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 2003
- 31 May 2003 — lunar 2003 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2003 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 2003 at 06:10:29 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2003 at 19:12:25 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 May 2003 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 15 May 2003 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 May 2003 — the first day of lunar month 5.