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April 1966 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / leap 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 5 Apr. New moon: 21 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1966 month 3 into 1966 leap month 3 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 13:56:29 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 21:11:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 April 1966 closes lunar 1966 month 3; lunar 1966 leap month 3 begins 21 April 1966.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1966
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (29 days).
April 1966 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/11庚寅Metal Tiger23/12辛卯Metal Rabbit3/13壬辰Water Dragon43/14癸巳Water Snake3/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-monthPure Brightness63/16乙未Wood Goat73/17丙申Fire Monkey83/18丁酉Fire Rooster93/19戊戌Earth Dog3/20己亥Earth Pig113/21庚子Metal Rat123/22辛丑Metal Ox133/23壬寅Water Tiger143/24癸卯Water Rabbit153/25甲辰Wood Dragon163/26乙巳Wood Snake3/27丙午Fire Horse183/28丁未Fire Goat193/29戊申Earth Monkey203/30己酉Earth RoosterGrain Rain213/1庚戌Metal DogLunar month opens223/2辛亥Metal Pig233/3壬子Water Rat3/4癸丑Water Ox253/5甲寅Wood Tiger263/6乙卯Wood Rabbit273/7丙辰Fire Dragon283/8丁巳Fire Snake293/9戊午Earth Horse303/10己未Earth GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1966 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar leap 3/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 3/8
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 1966
- 21 April 1966 — lunar 1966 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1966 leap month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1966 at 13:56:29 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1966 at 21:11:30 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 April 1966 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 April 1966 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1966 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.