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May 2022 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. New moon: 1 May. Full moon: 16 May. New moon: 30 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2022 month 4 into 2022 month 5 · Yang Water Tiger 壬寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 20:25:57 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 09:22:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 29 May 2022 closes lunar 2022 month 4; lunar 2022 month 5 begins 30 May 2022.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2022
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 2022 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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4/1甲寅Wood TigerLunar month opens24/2乙卯Wood Rabbit34/3丙辰Fire Dragon44/4丁巳Fire Snake54/5戊午Earth HorseBeginning of Summer64/6己未Earth Goat74/7庚申Metal Monkey4/8辛酉Metal Rooster94/9壬戌Water Dog104/10癸亥Water Pig114/11甲子Wood Rat124/12乙丑Wood Ox134/13丙寅Fire Tiger144/14丁卯Fire Rabbit4/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month164/16己巳Earth Snake174/17庚午Metal Horse184/18辛未Metal Goat194/19壬申Water Monkey204/20癸酉Water Rooster214/21甲戌Wood DogGrain Buds4/22乙亥Wood Pig234/23丙子Fire Rat244/24丁丑Fire Ox254/25戊寅Earth Tiger264/26己卯Earth Rabbit274/27庚辰Metal Dragon284/28辛巳Metal Snake4/29壬午Water Horse305/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens315/2甲申Wood MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2022 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 2022
- 30 May 2022 — lunar 2022 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2022 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2022 at 20:25:57 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2022 at 09:22:36 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 May 2022 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 15 May 2022 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 May 2022 — the first day of lunar month 5.