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April 1969 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 3 Apr. New moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1969 month 2 into 1969 month 3 · Yin Earth Rooster 己酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 07:14:51 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 14:26:51 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 April 1969 closes lunar 1969 month 2; lunar 1969 month 3 begins 17 April 1969.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1969
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1969 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/15丙午Fire HorseLunar mid-month22/16丁未Fire Goat32/17戊申Earth Monkey42/18己酉Earth Rooster2/19庚戌Metal DogPure Brightness2/20辛亥Metal Pig72/21壬子Water Rat82/22癸丑Water Ox92/23甲寅Wood Tiger102/24乙卯Wood Rabbit112/25丙辰Fire Dragon122/26丁巳Fire Snake2/27戊午Earth Horse142/28己未Earth Goat152/29庚申Metal Monkey162/30辛酉Metal Rooster173/1壬戌Water DogLunar month opens183/2癸亥Water Pig193/3甲子Wood Rat3/4乙丑Wood OxGrain Rain213/5丙寅Fire Tiger223/6丁卯Fire Rabbit233/7戊辰Earth Dragon243/8己巳Earth Snake253/9庚午Metal Horse263/10辛未Metal Goat3/11壬申Water Monkey283/12癸酉Water Rooster293/13甲戌Wood Dog303/14乙亥Wood PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1969 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 1969
- 17 April 1969 — lunar 1969 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1969 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1969 at 07:14:51 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1969 at 14:26:51 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 April 1969 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 April 1969 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1969 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.