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June 2018 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 18 Jun. New moon: 14 Jun. Full moon: 28 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 2018 month 4 into 2018 month 5 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 01:29:09 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 18:07:18 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 June 2018 closes lunar 2018 month 4; lunar 2018 month 5 begins 14 June 2018.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
June 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/18甲子Wood Rat24/19乙丑Wood Ox4/20丙寅Fire Tiger44/21丁卯Fire Rabbit54/22戊辰Earth Dragon64/23己巳Earth SnakeGrain in Ear74/24庚午Metal Horse84/25辛未Metal Goat94/26壬申Water Monkey4/27癸酉Water Rooster114/28甲戌Wood Dog124/29乙亥Wood Pig134/30丙子Fire Rat145/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens155/2戊寅Earth Tiger165/3己卯Earth Rabbit5/4庚辰Metal Dragon5/5辛巳Metal Snake195/6壬午Water Horse205/7癸未Water Goat215/8甲申Wood MonkeySummer Solstice225/9乙酉Wood Rooster235/10丙戌Fire Dog5/11丁亥Fire Pig255/12戊子Earth Rat265/13己丑Earth Ox275/14庚寅Metal Tiger285/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month295/16壬辰Water Dragon305/17癸巳Water SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 2018 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/7
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
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 June 2018
- 14 June 2018 — lunar 2018 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2018 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 2018 at 01:29:09 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 2018 at 18:07:18 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 June 2018 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 28 June 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 June 2018 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.