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May 2042 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2042 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 5 May. New moon: 19 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 2042 month 3 into 2042 month 4 · Yang Water Dog 壬戌 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
Solar terms
Beginning of Summer · 5 at 16:42:53 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 05:31:18 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
18 May 2042 closes lunar 2042 month 3; lunar 2042 month 4 begins 19 May 2042.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2042

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 2042 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 3/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 4/9

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 2042

  • 19 May 2042 — lunar 2042 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2042 month 4 opens.
  • 5 May 2042 at 16:42:53 UTC+8Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 May 2042 at 05:31:18 UTC+8Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 4 May 2042lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
  • 19 May 2042the first day of lunar month 4.

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