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May 2009 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 28 May. Full moon: 9 May. New moon: 24 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2009 month 4 into 2009 month 5 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 16:50:50 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 05:51:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 May 2009 closes lunar 2009 month 4; lunar 2009 month 5 begins 24 May 2009.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
May 2009 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/7丙午Fire Horse24/8丁未Fire Goat4/9戊申Earth Monkey44/10己酉Earth Rooster54/11庚戌Metal DogBeginning of Summer64/12辛亥Metal Pig74/13壬子Water Rat84/14癸丑Water Ox94/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month4/16乙卯Wood Rabbit114/17丙辰Fire Dragon124/18丁巳Fire Snake134/19戊午Earth Horse144/20己未Earth Goat154/21庚申Metal Monkey164/22辛酉Metal Rooster4/23壬戌Water Dog184/24癸亥Water Pig194/25甲子Wood Rat204/26乙丑Wood Ox214/27丙寅Fire TigerGrain Buds224/28丁卯Fire Rabbit234/29戊辰Earth Dragon5/1己巳Earth SnakeLunar month opens255/2庚午Metal Horse265/3辛未Metal Goat275/4壬申Water Monkey5/5癸酉Water Rooster295/6甲戌Wood Dog305/7乙亥Wood Pig5/8丙子Fire RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2009 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
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 2009
- 24 May 2009 — lunar 2009 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2009 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2009 at 16:50:50 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2009 at 05:51:10 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 May 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 May 2009 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 28 May 2009 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.