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May 2028 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: 20 May.
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Lunar 2028 month 4 into 2028 month 5 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 07:12:12 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 20:09:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 May 2028 closes lunar 2028 month 4; lunar 2028 month 5 begins 24 May 2028.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2028
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
May 2028 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/7丙戌Fire Dog24/8丁亥Fire Pig34/9戊子Earth Rat44/10己丑Earth Ox54/11庚寅Metal TigerBeginning of Summer64/12辛卯Metal Rabbit4/13壬辰Water Dragon84/14癸巳Water Snake94/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-month104/16乙未Wood Goat114/17丙申Fire Monkey124/18丁酉Fire Rooster134/19戊戌Earth Dog4/20己亥Earth Pig154/21庚子Metal Rat164/22辛丑Metal Ox174/23壬寅Water Tiger184/24癸卯Water Rabbit194/25甲辰Wood Dragon204/26乙巳Wood SnakeGrain Buds4/27丙午Fire Horse224/28丁未Fire Goat234/29戊申Earth Monkey245/1己酉Earth RoosterLunar month opens255/2庚戌Metal Dog265/3辛亥Metal Pig275/4壬子Water Rat5/5癸丑Water Ox295/6甲寅Wood Tiger305/7乙卯Wood Rabbit315/8丙辰Fire DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2028 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/22
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 2028
- 24 May 2028 — lunar 2028 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2028 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2028 at 07:12:12 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 May 2028 at 20:09:49 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 May 2028 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 May 2028 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 28 May 2028 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.