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April 1959 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 8 Apr. Full moon: 23 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1959 month 2 into 1959 month 3 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 21:03:02 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 04:16:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 April 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 2; lunar 1959 month 3 begins 8 April 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/24癸丑Water Ox22/25甲寅Wood Tiger32/26乙卯Wood Rabbit42/27丙辰Fire Dragon2/28丁巳Fire SnakePure Brightness62/29戊午Earth Horse72/30己未Earth Goat83/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens93/2辛酉Metal Rooster103/3壬戌Water Dog113/4癸亥Water Pig3/5甲子Wood Rat133/6乙丑Wood Ox143/7丙寅Fire Tiger153/8丁卯Fire Rabbit163/9戊辰Earth Dragon173/10己巳Earth Snake183/11庚午Metal Horse3/12辛未Metal Goat203/13壬申Water Monkey213/14癸酉Water RoosterGrain Rain223/15甲戌Wood DogLunar mid-month233/16乙亥Wood Pig243/17丙子Fire Rat253/18丁丑Fire Ox3/19戊寅Earth Tiger273/20己卯Earth Rabbit283/21庚辰Metal Dragon293/22辛巳Metal Snake303/23壬午Water HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1959 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 1959
- 8 April 1959 — lunar 1959 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1959 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1959 at 21:03:02 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1959 at 04:16:27 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 April 1959 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 22 April 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1959 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.