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April 1950 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 3 Apr. New moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1950 month 2 into 1950 month 3 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 16:44:27 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 23:59:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 April 1950 closes lunar 1950 month 2; lunar 1950 month 3 begins 17 April 1950.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1950
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1950 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/15丙寅Fire TigerLunar mid-month2/16丁卯Fire Rabbit32/17戊辰Earth Dragon42/18己巳Earth Snake2/19庚午Metal HorsePure Brightness62/20辛未Metal Goat72/21壬申Water Monkey82/22癸酉Water Rooster2/23甲戌Wood Dog102/24乙亥Wood Pig112/25丙子Fire Rat122/26丁丑Fire Ox132/27戊寅Earth Tiger142/28己卯Earth Rabbit152/29庚辰Metal Dragon2/30辛巳Metal Snake173/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opens183/2癸未Water Goat193/3甲申Wood Monkey203/4乙酉Wood RoosterGrain Rain213/5丙戌Fire Dog223/6丁亥Fire Pig3/7戊子Earth Rat243/8己丑Earth Ox253/9庚寅Metal Tiger263/10辛卯Metal Rabbit273/11壬辰Water Dragon283/12癸巳Water Snake293/13甲午Wood Horse3/14乙未Wood GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1950 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 1950
- 17 April 1950 — lunar 1950 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1950 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1950 at 16:44:27 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1950 at 23:59:06 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 April 1950 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 April 1950 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1950 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.