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May 2040 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2040 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 11 May. Full moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.

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Lunar 2040 month 3 into 2040 month 4 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
Solar terms
Beginning of Summer · 5 at 05:09:23 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 17:55:46 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
10 May 2040 closes lunar 2040 month 3; lunar 2040 month 4 begins 11 May 2040.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2040

12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 2040 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  2. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 4/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 4/16

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 2040

  • 11 May 2040 — lunar 2040 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2040 month 4 opens.
  • 5 May 2040 at 05:09:23 UTC+8Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 May 2040 at 17:55:46 UTC+8Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 11 May 2040the first day of lunar month 4.
  • 25 May 2040lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

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