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May 2044 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 12 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.
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Lunar 2044 month 4 into 2044 month 5 · Yang Wood Rat 甲子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 04:05:32 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 17:01:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 May 2044 closes lunar 2044 month 4; lunar 2044 month 5 begins 27 May 2044.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2044
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
May 2044 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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4/4庚戌Metal Dog24/5辛亥Metal Pig34/6壬子Water Rat44/7癸丑Water Ox54/8甲寅Wood TigerBeginning of Summer64/9乙卯Wood Rabbit74/10丙辰Fire Dragon4/11丁巳Fire Snake94/12戊午Earth Horse104/13己未Earth Goat114/14庚申Metal Monkey124/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month134/16壬戌Water Dog144/17癸亥Water Pig4/18甲子Wood Rat164/19乙丑Wood Ox174/20丙寅Fire Tiger184/21丁卯Fire Rabbit194/22戊辰Earth Dragon204/23己巳Earth SnakeGrain Buds214/24庚午Metal Horse4/25辛未Metal Goat234/26壬申Water Monkey244/27癸酉Water Rooster254/28甲戌Wood Dog264/29乙亥Wood Pig275/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens285/2丁丑Fire Ox5/3戊寅Earth Tiger305/4己卯Earth Rabbit5/5庚辰Metal DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2044 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/7
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
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 2044
- 27 May 2044 — lunar 2044 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2044 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2044 at 04:05:32 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 May 2044 at 17:01:57 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 May 2044 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 May 2044 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 31 May 2044 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.