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April 1953 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 14 Apr. Full moon: 29 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1953 month 2 into 1953 month 3 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 10:12:36 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 17:25:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 April 1953 closes lunar 1953 month 2; lunar 1953 month 3 begins 14 April 1953.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1953 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/18壬午Water Horse22/19癸未Water Goat32/20甲申Wood Monkey42/21乙酉Wood Rooster2/22丙戌Fire DogPure Brightness62/23丁亥Fire Pig72/24戊子Earth Rat82/25己丑Earth Ox92/26庚寅Metal Tiger102/27辛卯Metal Rabbit112/28壬辰Water Dragon2/29癸巳Water Snake132/30甲午Wood Horse143/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens153/2丙申Fire Monkey163/3丁酉Fire Rooster173/4戊戌Earth Dog183/5己亥Earth Pig3/6庚子Metal Rat203/7辛丑Metal OxGrain Rain213/8壬寅Water Tiger223/9癸卯Water Rabbit233/10甲辰Wood Dragon243/11乙巳Wood Snake253/12丙午Fire Horse3/13丁未Fire Goat273/14戊申Earth Monkey283/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-month293/16庚戌Metal Dog303/17辛亥Metal PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1953 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 1953
- 14 April 1953 — lunar 1953 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1953 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1953 at 10:12:36 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1953 at 17:25:21 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 April 1953 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 28 April 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1953 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.