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April 1976 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 14 Apr. New moon: 29 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1976 month 3 into 1976 month 4 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 23:46:27 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 07:02:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 April 1976 closes lunar 1976 month 3; lunar 1976 month 4 begins 29 April 1976.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1976
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 8 (29 days).
April 1976 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/2癸未Water Goat23/3甲申Wood Monkey33/4乙酉Wood Rooster3/5丙戌Fire DogPure Brightness53/6丁亥Fire Pig63/7戊子Earth Rat73/8己丑Earth Ox83/9庚寅Metal Tiger93/10辛卯Metal Rabbit103/11壬辰Water Dragon3/12癸巳Water Snake123/13甲午Wood Horse133/14乙未Wood Goat143/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month153/16丁酉Fire Rooster163/17戊戌Earth Dog173/18己亥Earth Pig3/19庚子Metal Rat193/20辛丑Metal Ox203/21壬寅Water TigerGrain Rain213/22癸卯Water Rabbit223/23甲辰Wood Dragon233/24乙巳Wood Snake243/25丙午Fire Horse3/26丁未Fire Goat263/27戊申Earth Monkey273/28己酉Earth Rooster283/29庚戌Metal Dog294/1辛亥Metal PigLunar month opens304/2壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1976 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
New moon
Lunar 4/1
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 April 1976
- 29 April 1976 — lunar 1976 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1976 month 4 opens.
- 4 April 1976 at 23:46:27 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1976 at 07:02:56 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 April 1976 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 April 1976 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 4 April 1976 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.