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April 1974 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 7 Apr. New moon: 22 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1974 month 3 into 1974 month 4 · Yang Wood Tiger 甲寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 12:05:00 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 19:18:51 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 April 1974 closes lunar 1974 month 3; lunar 1974 month 4 begins 22 April 1974.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1974
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
April 1974 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/9壬申Water Monkey23/10癸酉Water Rooster33/11甲戌Wood Dog43/12乙亥Wood Pig3/13丙子Fire RatPure Brightness63/14丁丑Fire Ox3/15戊寅Earth TigerLunar mid-month83/16己卯Earth Rabbit93/17庚辰Metal Dragon103/18辛巳Metal Snake113/19壬午Water Horse123/20癸未Water Goat133/21甲申Wood Monkey3/22乙酉Wood Rooster153/23丙戌Fire Dog163/24丁亥Fire Pig173/25戊子Earth Rat183/26己丑Earth Ox193/27庚寅Metal Tiger203/28辛卯Metal RabbitGrain Rain3/29壬辰Water Dragon224/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens234/2甲午Wood Horse244/3乙未Wood Goat254/4丙申Fire Monkey264/5丁酉Fire Rooster274/6戊戌Earth Dog4/7己亥Earth Pig294/8庚子Metal Rat304/9辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1974 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
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 1974
- 22 April 1974 — lunar 1974 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1974 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1974 at 12:05:00 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1974 at 19:18:51 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 April 1974 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 April 1974 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1974 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.