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April 1962 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 5 Apr. Full moon: 20 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1962 month 2 into 1962 month 3 · Yang Water Tiger 壬寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 14:34:14 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 21:50:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 April 1962 closes lunar 1962 month 2; lunar 1962 month 3 begins 5 April 1962.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1962
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1962 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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2/27己巳Earth Snake22/28庚午Metal Horse32/29辛未Metal Goat42/30壬申Water Monkey3/1癸酉Water RoosterLunar month opensPure Brightness63/2甲戌Wood Dog73/3乙亥Wood Pig3/4丙子Fire Rat93/5丁丑Fire Ox103/6戊寅Earth Tiger113/7己卯Earth Rabbit123/8庚辰Metal Dragon133/9辛巳Metal Snake143/10壬午Water Horse3/11癸未Water Goat163/12甲申Wood Monkey173/13乙酉Wood Rooster183/14丙戌Fire Dog193/15丁亥Fire PigLunar mid-month203/16戊子Earth RatGrain Rain213/17己丑Earth Ox3/18庚寅Metal Tiger233/19辛卯Metal Rabbit243/20壬辰Water Dragon253/21癸巳Water Snake263/22甲午Wood Horse273/23乙未Wood Goat283/24丙申Fire Monkey3/25丁酉Fire Rooster303/26戊戌Earth DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1962 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
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 1962
- 5 April 1962 — lunar 1962 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1962 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1962 at 14:34:14 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1962 at 21:50:40 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 April 1962 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 19 April 1962 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1962 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.