Chinese lunar calendar · month archive
Current month’s calendar & events →June 2008 Chinese lunar calendar
June 2008 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 8 Jun. New moon: 4 Jun. Full moon: 19 Jun. Grain in Ear: 5 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
Choose “Save as PDF” in your browser’s print destination to keep this calendar.
Lunar 2008 month 4 into 2008 month 5 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 5 at 15:11:44 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 07:59:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 June 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 4; lunar 2008 month 5 begins 4 June 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
4/28壬申Water Monkey24/29癸酉Water Rooster34/30甲戌Wood Dog45/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens55/2丙子Fire RatGrain in Ear65/3丁丑Fire Ox75/4戊寅Earth Tiger5/5己卯Earth Rabbit95/6庚辰Metal Dragon105/7辛巳Metal Snake115/8壬午Water Horse125/9癸未Water Goat135/10甲申Wood Monkey145/11乙酉Wood Rooster5/12丙戌Fire Dog165/13丁亥Fire Pig175/14戊子Earth Rat185/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month195/16庚寅Metal Tiger205/17辛卯Metal Rabbit215/18壬辰Water DragonSummer Solstice5/19癸巳Water Snake235/20甲午Wood Horse245/21乙未Wood Goat255/22丙申Fire Monkey265/23丁酉Fire Rooster275/24戊戌Earth Dog285/25己亥Earth Pig5/26庚子Metal Rat305/27辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 2008 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/7
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
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 June 2008
- 4 June 2008 — lunar 2008 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2008 month 5 opens.
- 5 June 2008 at 15:11:44 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 2008 at 07:59:21 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 June 2008 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 18 June 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 8 June 2008 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.