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May 2021 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 12 May. Full moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2021 month 3 into 2021 month 4 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 14:47:11 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 03:37:07 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 May 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 3; lunar 2021 month 4 begins 12 May 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/20己酉Earth Rooster3/21庚戌Metal Dog33/22辛亥Metal Pig43/23壬子Water Rat53/24癸丑Water OxBeginning of Summer63/25甲寅Wood Tiger73/26乙卯Wood Rabbit83/27丙辰Fire Dragon3/28丁巳Fire Snake103/29戊午Earth Horse113/30己未Earth Goat124/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens134/2辛酉Metal Rooster144/3壬戌Water Dog154/4癸亥Water Pig4/5甲子Wood Rat174/6乙丑Wood Ox184/7丙寅Fire Tiger194/8丁卯Fire Rabbit204/9戊辰Earth Dragon214/10己巳Earth SnakeGrain Buds224/11庚午Metal Horse4/12辛未Metal Goat244/13壬申Water Monkey254/14癸酉Water Rooster264/15甲戌Wood DogLunar mid-month274/16乙亥Wood Pig284/17丙子Fire Rat294/18丁丑Fire Ox4/19戊寅Earth Tiger314/20己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2021 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
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 May 2021
- 12 May 2021 — lunar 2021 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2021 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 2021 at 14:47:11 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2021 at 03:37:07 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 May 2021 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 26 May 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.