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March 1976 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. New moon: 1 Mar. Full moon: 16 Mar. New moon: 31 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.
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Lunar 1976 month 2 into 1976 month 3 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 18:48:06 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 19:49:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 30 March 1976 closes lunar 1976 month 2; lunar 1976 month 3 begins 31 March 1976.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1976
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 8 (29 days).
March 1976 day by day
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12/1壬子Water RatLunar month opens22/2癸丑Water Ox32/3甲寅Wood Tiger42/4乙卯Wood Rabbit52/5丙辰Fire DragonAwakening of Insects62/6丁巳Fire Snake2/7戊午Earth Horse82/8己未Earth Goat92/9庚申Metal Monkey102/10辛酉Metal Rooster112/11壬戌Water Dog122/12癸亥Water Pig132/13甲子Wood Rat2/14乙丑Wood Ox152/15丙寅Fire TigerLunar mid-month162/16丁卯Fire Rabbit172/17戊辰Earth Dragon182/18己巳Earth Snake192/19庚午Metal Horse202/20辛未Metal GoatSpring Equinox2/21壬申Water Monkey222/22癸酉Water Rooster232/23甲戌Wood Dog242/24乙亥Wood Pig252/25丙子Fire Rat262/26丁丑Fire Ox272/27戊寅Earth Tiger2/28己卯Earth Rabbit292/29庚辰Metal Dragon302/30辛巳Metal Snake313/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opensThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1976 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
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 March 1976
- 31 March 1976 — lunar 1976 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1976 month 3 opens.
- 5 March 1976 at 18:48:06 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 March 1976 at 19:49:36 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 March 1976 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 15 March 1976 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 March 1976 — the first day of lunar month 3.