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April 1978 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 7 Apr. Full moon: 23 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1978 month 2 into 1978 month 3 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 11:39:20 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 18:49:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 April 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 2; lunar 1978 month 3 begins 7 April 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/24癸巳Water Snake2/25甲午Wood Horse32/26乙未Wood Goat42/27丙申Fire Monkey2/28丁酉Fire RoosterPure Brightness62/29戊戌Earth Dog73/1己亥Earth PigLunar month opens83/2庚子Metal Rat3/3辛丑Metal Ox103/4壬寅Water Tiger113/5癸卯Water Rabbit123/6甲辰Wood Dragon133/7乙巳Wood Snake143/8丙午Fire Horse153/9丁未Fire Goat3/10戊申Earth Monkey173/11己酉Earth Rooster183/12庚戌Metal Dog193/13辛亥Metal Pig203/14壬子Water RatGrain Rain213/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month223/16甲寅Wood Tiger3/17乙卯Wood Rabbit243/18丙辰Fire Dragon253/19丁巳Fire Snake263/20戊午Earth Horse273/21己未Earth Goat283/22庚申Metal Monkey293/23辛酉Metal Rooster3/24壬戌Water DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
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 1978
- 7 April 1978 — lunar 1978 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1978 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1978 at 11:39:20 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1978 at 18:49:32 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 April 1978 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 21 April 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1978 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.