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April 1947 has 30 days, spanning lunar months leap 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 5 Apr. New moon: 21 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1947 leap month 2 into 1947 month 3 · Yin Fire Pig 丁亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 23:20:08 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 06:39:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 April 1947 closes lunar 1947 leap month 2; lunar 1947 month 3 begins 21 April 1947.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1947
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
April 1947 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/10庚戌Metal Dog22/11辛亥Metal Pig32/12壬子Water Rat42/13癸丑Water Ox2/14甲寅Wood TigerPure Brightness2/15乙卯Wood RabbitLunar mid-month72/16丙辰Fire Dragon82/17丁巳Fire Snake92/18戊午Earth Horse102/19己未Earth Goat112/20庚申Metal Monkey122/21辛酉Metal Rooster2/22壬戌Water Dog142/23癸亥Water Pig152/24甲子Wood Rat162/25乙丑Wood Ox172/26丙寅Fire Tiger182/27丁卯Fire Rabbit192/28戊辰Earth Dragon2/29己巳Earth Snake213/1庚午Metal HorseLunar month opensGrain Rain223/2辛未Metal Goat233/3壬申Water Monkey243/4癸酉Water Rooster253/5甲戌Wood Dog263/6乙亥Wood Pig3/7丙子Fire Rat283/8丁丑Fire Ox293/9戊寅Earth Tiger303/10己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1947 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 2/14
Last quarter
Lunar leap 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 1947
- 21 April 1947 — lunar 1947 leap month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1947 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1947 at 23:20:08 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1947 at 06:39:22 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 1947 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 April 1947 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1947 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.