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April 1968 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 13 Apr. New moon: 27 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1968 month 3 into 1968 month 4 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 01:20:53 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 08:41:07 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 April 1968 closes lunar 1968 month 3; lunar 1968 month 4 begins 27 April 1968.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1968
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
April 1968 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/4辛丑Metal Ox23/5壬寅Water Tiger33/6癸卯Water Rabbit43/7甲辰Wood Dragon3/8乙巳Wood SnakePure Brightness63/9丙午Fire Horse3/10丁未Fire Goat83/11戊申Earth Monkey93/12己酉Earth Rooster103/13庚戌Metal Dog113/14辛亥Metal Pig123/15壬子Water RatLunar mid-month133/16癸丑Water Ox3/17甲寅Wood Tiger153/18乙卯Wood Rabbit163/19丙辰Fire Dragon173/20丁巳Fire Snake183/21戊午Earth Horse193/22己未Earth Goat203/23庚申Metal MonkeyGrain Rain3/24辛酉Metal Rooster223/25壬戌Water Dog233/26癸亥Water Pig243/27甲子Wood Rat253/28乙丑Wood Ox263/29丙寅Fire Tiger274/1丁卯Fire RabbitLunar month opens4/2戊辰Earth Dragon294/3己巳Earth Snake304/4庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1968 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 1968
- 27 April 1968 — lunar 1968 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1968 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1968 at 01:20:53 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1968 at 08:41:07 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 April 1968 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 April 1968 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1968 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.