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April 1912 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 2 Apr. New moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1912 month 2 into 1912 month 3 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 11:48:15 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 19:12:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 April 1912 closes lunar 1912 month 2; lunar 1912 month 3 begins 17 April 1912.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1912
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1912 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/14丁未Fire Goat22/15戊申Earth MonkeyLunar mid-month32/16己酉Earth Rooster42/17庚戌Metal Dog2/18辛亥Metal PigPure Brightness62/19壬子Water Rat2/20癸丑Water Ox82/21甲寅Wood Tiger92/22乙卯Wood Rabbit102/23丙辰Fire Dragon112/24丁巳Fire Snake122/25戊午Earth Horse132/26己未Earth Goat2/27庚申Metal Monkey152/28辛酉Metal Rooster162/29壬戌Water Dog173/1癸亥Water PigLunar month opens183/2甲子Wood Rat193/3乙丑Wood Ox203/4丙寅Fire TigerGrain Rain3/5丁卯Fire Rabbit223/6戊辰Earth Dragon233/7己巳Earth Snake243/8庚午Metal Horse253/9辛未Metal Goat263/10壬申Water Monkey273/11癸酉Water Rooster3/12甲戌Wood Dog293/13乙亥Wood Pig303/14丙子Fire RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1912 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
Last quarter
Lunar 2/22
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
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 April 1912
- 17 April 1912 — lunar 1912 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1912 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1912 at 11:48:15 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1912 at 19:12:21 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 April 1912 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 April 1912 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1912 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.

