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April 1973 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 3 Apr. Full moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1973 month 2 into 1973 month 3 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 06:13:53 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 13:30:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 April 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 2; lunar 1973 month 3 begins 3 April 1973.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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2/28丁卯Fire Rabbit22/29戊辰Earth Dragon33/1己巳Earth SnakeLunar month opens43/2庚午Metal Horse3/3辛未Metal GoatPure Brightness63/4壬申Water Monkey73/5癸酉Water Rooster3/6甲戌Wood Dog93/7乙亥Wood Pig103/8丙子Fire Rat113/9丁丑Fire Ox123/10戊寅Earth Tiger133/11己卯Earth Rabbit143/12庚辰Metal Dragon3/13辛巳Metal Snake163/14壬午Water Horse173/15癸未Water GoatLunar mid-month183/16甲申Wood Monkey193/17乙酉Wood Rooster203/18丙戌Fire DogGrain Rain213/19丁亥Fire Pig3/20戊子Earth Rat233/21己丑Earth Ox243/22庚寅Metal Tiger253/23辛卯Metal Rabbit263/24壬辰Water Dragon273/25癸巳Water Snake283/26甲午Wood Horse3/27乙未Wood Goat303/28丙申Fire MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1973 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
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 1973
- 3 April 1973 — lunar 1973 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1973 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1973 at 06:13:53 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1973 at 13:30:21 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 April 1973 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 17 April 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1973 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.