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April 1970 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 6 Apr. Full moon: 22 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1970 month 2 into 1970 month 3 · Yang Metal Dog 庚戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 13:01:44 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 20:14:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 April 1970 closes lunar 1970 month 2; lunar 1970 month 3 begins 6 April 1970.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1970
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1970 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/25辛亥Metal Pig22/26壬子Water Rat32/27癸丑Water Ox42/28甲寅Wood Tiger2/29乙卯Wood RabbitPure Brightness63/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens73/2丁巳Fire Snake83/3戊午Earth Horse93/4己未Earth Goat103/5庚申Metal Monkey113/6辛酉Metal Rooster3/7壬戌Water Dog133/8癸亥Water Pig143/9甲子Wood Rat153/10乙丑Wood Ox163/11丙寅Fire Tiger173/12丁卯Fire Rabbit183/13戊辰Earth Dragon3/14己巳Earth Snake203/15庚午Metal HorseLunar mid-monthGrain Rain213/16辛未Metal Goat223/17壬申Water Monkey233/18癸酉Water Rooster243/19甲戌Wood Dog253/20乙亥Wood Pig3/21丙子Fire Rat273/22丁丑Fire Ox283/23戊寅Earth Tiger293/24己卯Earth Rabbit303/25庚辰Metal DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1970 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 1970
- 6 April 1970 — lunar 1970 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1970 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1970 at 13:01:44 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1970 at 20:14:56 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 1970 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 20 April 1970 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1970 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.