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April 1957 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 14 Apr. New moon: 30 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1957 month 3 into 1957 month 4 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 09:18:49 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 16:41:12 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 29 April 1957 closes lunar 1957 month 3; lunar 1957 month 4 begins 30 April 1957.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1957
13 lunar months · 383 days · leap month 8 (29 days).
April 1957 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/2癸卯Water Rabbit23/3甲辰Wood Dragon33/4乙巳Wood Snake43/5丙午Fire Horse3/6丁未Fire GoatPure Brightness63/7戊申Earth Monkey3/8己酉Earth Rooster83/9庚戌Metal Dog93/10辛亥Metal Pig103/11壬子Water Rat113/12癸丑Water Ox123/13甲寅Wood Tiger133/14乙卯Wood Rabbit3/15丙辰Fire DragonLunar mid-month153/16丁巳Fire Snake163/17戊午Earth Horse173/18己未Earth Goat183/19庚申Metal Monkey193/20辛酉Metal Rooster203/21壬戌Water DogGrain Rain3/22癸亥Water Pig223/23甲子Wood Rat233/24乙丑Wood Ox243/25丙寅Fire Tiger253/26丁卯Fire Rabbit263/27戊辰Earth Dragon273/28己巳Earth Snake3/29庚午Metal Horse293/30辛未Metal Goat304/1壬申Water MonkeyLunar month opensThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1957 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
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 1957
- 30 April 1957 — lunar 1957 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1957 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1957 at 09:18:49 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1957 at 16:41:12 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 April 1957 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 April 1957 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1957 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.