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April 1979 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 12 Apr. New moon: 26 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1979 month 3 into 1979 month 4 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 17:17:57 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 00:35:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 April 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 3; lunar 1979 month 4 begins 26 April 1979.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
April 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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3/5戊戌Earth Dog23/6己亥Earth Pig33/7庚子Metal Rat43/8辛丑Metal Ox3/9壬寅Water TigerPure Brightness63/10癸卯Water Rabbit73/11甲辰Wood Dragon3/12乙巳Wood Snake93/13丙午Fire Horse103/14丁未Fire Goat113/15戊申Earth MonkeyLunar mid-month123/16己酉Earth Rooster133/17庚戌Metal Dog143/18辛亥Metal Pig3/19壬子Water Rat163/20癸丑Water Ox173/21甲寅Wood Tiger183/22乙卯Wood Rabbit193/23丙辰Fire Dragon203/24丁巳Fire Snake213/25戊午Earth HorseGrain Rain3/26己未Earth Goat233/27庚申Metal Monkey243/28辛酉Metal Rooster253/29壬戌Water Dog264/1癸亥Water PigLunar month opens274/2甲子Wood Rat284/3乙丑Wood Ox4/4丙寅Fire Tiger304/5丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1979 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 1979
- 26 April 1979 — lunar 1979 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1979 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1979 at 17:17:57 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1979 at 00:35:21 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 April 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 April 1979 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1979 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.