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April 1949 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 13 Apr. New moon: 28 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1949 month 3 into 1949 month 4 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 10:51:56 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 18:17:15 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 April 1949 closes lunar 1949 month 3; lunar 1949 month 4 begins 28 April 1949.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1949
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
April 1949 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/4辛酉Metal Rooster23/5壬戌Water Dog3/6癸亥Water Pig43/7甲子Wood Rat3/8乙丑Wood OxPure Brightness63/9丙寅Fire Tiger73/10丁卯Fire Rabbit83/11戊辰Earth Dragon93/12己巳Earth Snake3/13庚午Metal Horse113/14辛未Metal Goat123/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month133/16癸酉Water Rooster143/17甲戌Wood Dog153/18乙亥Wood Pig163/19丙子Fire Rat3/20丁丑Fire Ox183/21戊寅Earth Tiger193/22己卯Earth Rabbit203/23庚辰Metal DragonGrain Rain213/24辛巳Metal Snake223/25壬午Water Horse233/26癸未Water Goat3/27甲申Wood Monkey253/28乙酉Wood Rooster263/29丙戌Fire Dog273/30丁亥Fire Pig284/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opens294/2己丑Earth Ox304/3庚寅Metal TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1949 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
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 April 1949
- 28 April 1949 — lunar 1949 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1949 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1949 at 10:51:56 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1949 at 18:17:15 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 April 1949 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 April 1949 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1949 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.