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April 1977 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 4 Apr. New moon: 18 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1977 month 2 into 1977 month 3 · Yin Fire Snake 丁巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 05:45:44 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 12:57:12 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 April 1977 closes lunar 1977 month 2; lunar 1977 month 3 begins 18 April 1977.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1977
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1977 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/13戊子Earth Rat22/14己丑Earth Ox2/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month42/16辛卯Metal Rabbit2/17壬辰Water DragonPure Brightness62/18癸巳Water Snake72/19甲午Wood Horse82/20乙未Wood Goat92/21丙申Fire Monkey2/22丁酉Fire Rooster112/23戊戌Earth Dog122/24己亥Earth Pig132/25庚子Metal Rat142/26辛丑Metal Ox152/27壬寅Water Tiger162/28癸卯Water Rabbit2/29甲辰Wood Dragon183/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens193/2丙午Fire Horse203/3丁未Fire GoatGrain Rain213/4戊申Earth Monkey223/5己酉Earth Rooster233/6庚戌Metal Dog3/7辛亥Metal Pig253/8壬子Water Rat263/9癸丑Water Ox273/10甲寅Wood Tiger283/11乙卯Wood Rabbit293/12丙辰Fire Dragon303/13丁巳Fire SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1977 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 1977
- 18 April 1977 — lunar 1977 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1977 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1977 at 05:45:44 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1977 at 12:57:12 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 April 1977 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 April 1977 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1977 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.