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April 1942 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 1 Apr. New moon: 15 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1942 month 2 into 1942 month 3 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 18:23:50 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 01:39:05 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 April 1942 closes lunar 1942 month 2; lunar 1942 month 3 begins 15 April 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1942
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1942 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/16甲申Wood Monkey22/17乙酉Wood Rooster32/18丙戌Fire Dog42/19丁亥Fire Pig2/20戊子Earth RatPure Brightness62/21己丑Earth Ox72/22庚寅Metal Tiger82/23辛卯Metal Rabbit92/24壬辰Water Dragon102/25癸巳Water Snake112/26甲午Wood Horse2/27乙未Wood Goat132/28丙申Fire Monkey142/29丁酉Fire Rooster153/1戊戌Earth DogLunar month opens163/2己亥Earth Pig173/3庚子Metal Rat183/4辛丑Metal Ox3/5壬寅Water Tiger203/6癸卯Water Rabbit213/7甲辰Wood DragonGrain Rain223/8乙巳Wood Snake233/9丙午Fire Horse243/10丁未Fire Goat253/11戊申Earth Monkey3/12己酉Earth Rooster273/13庚戌Metal Dog283/14辛亥Metal Pig293/15壬子Water RatLunar mid-month303/16癸丑Water OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1942 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/10
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 1942
- 15 April 1942 — lunar 1942 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1942 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1942 at 18:23:50 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1942 at 01:39:05 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 April 1942 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 29 April 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1942 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.