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June 2016 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 9 Jun. New moon: 5 Jun. Full moon: 20 Jun. Grain in Ear: 5 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 2016 month 4 into 2016 month 5 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 5 at 13:48:30 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 06:34:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 June 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 4; lunar 2016 month 5 begins 5 June 2016.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2016
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
June 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/26甲寅Wood Tiger24/27乙卯Wood Rabbit34/28丙辰Fire Dragon44/29丁巳Fire Snake5/1戊午Earth HorseLunar month opensGrain in Ear65/2己未Earth Goat75/3庚申Metal Monkey85/4辛酉Metal Rooster5/5壬戌Water Dog105/6癸亥Water Pig115/7甲子Wood Rat5/8乙丑Wood Ox135/9丙寅Fire Tiger145/10丁卯Fire Rabbit155/11戊辰Earth Dragon165/12己巳Earth Snake175/13庚午Metal Horse185/14辛未Metal Goat5/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month205/16癸酉Water Rooster215/17甲戌Wood DogSummer Solstice225/18乙亥Wood Pig235/19丙子Fire Rat245/20丁丑Fire Ox255/21戊寅Earth Tiger5/22己卯Earth Rabbit275/23庚辰Metal Dragon285/24辛巳Metal Snake295/25壬午Water Horse305/26癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 2016 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/24
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 2016
- 5 June 2016 — lunar 2016 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2016 month 5 opens.
- 5 June 2016 at 13:48:30 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 2016 at 06:34:11 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 June 2016 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 19 June 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 9 June 2016 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.