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April 1939 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 6 Apr. Full moon: 4 Apr. New moon: 20 Apr. Pure Brightness: 6 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1939 month 2 into 1939 month 3 · Yin Earth Rabbit 己卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 6 at 00:37:24 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 07:55:05 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 April 1939 closes lunar 1939 month 2; lunar 1939 month 3 begins 20 April 1939.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1939
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1939 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/12戊辰Earth Dragon2/13己巳Earth Snake32/14庚午Metal Horse42/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month52/16壬申Water Monkey2/17癸酉Water RoosterPure Brightness72/18甲戌Wood Dog82/19乙亥Wood Pig2/20丙子Fire Rat102/21丁丑Fire Ox112/22戊寅Earth Tiger122/23己卯Earth Rabbit132/24庚辰Metal Dragon142/25辛巳Metal Snake152/26壬午Water Horse2/27癸未Water Goat172/28甲申Wood Monkey182/29乙酉Wood Rooster192/30丙戌Fire Dog203/1丁亥Fire PigLunar month opens213/2戊子Earth RatGrain Rain223/3己丑Earth Ox3/4庚寅Metal Tiger243/5辛卯Metal Rabbit253/6壬辰Water Dragon263/7癸巳Water Snake273/8甲午Wood Horse283/9乙未Wood Goat293/10丙申Fire Monkey3/11丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1939 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
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 1939
- 20 April 1939 — lunar 1939 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1939 month 3 opens.
- 6 April 1939 at 00:37:24 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1939 at 07:55:05 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 April 1939 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 April 1939 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 6 April 1939 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.