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April 1980 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 15 Apr. Full moon: 30 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1980 month 2 into 1980 month 3 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 23:14:42 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 06:22:41 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 April 1980 closes lunar 1980 month 2; lunar 1980 month 3 begins 15 April 1980.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1980
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1980 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/16甲辰Wood Dragon22/17乙巳Wood Snake32/18丙午Fire Horse2/19丁未Fire GoatPure Brightness52/20戊申Earth Monkey2/21己酉Earth Rooster72/22庚戌Metal Dog82/23辛亥Metal Pig92/24壬子Water Rat102/25癸丑Water Ox112/26甲寅Wood Tiger122/27乙卯Wood Rabbit2/28丙辰Fire Dragon142/29丁巳Fire Snake153/1戊午Earth HorseLunar month opens163/2己未Earth Goat173/3庚申Metal Monkey183/4辛酉Metal Rooster193/5壬戌Water Dog3/6癸亥Water PigGrain Rain213/7甲子Wood Rat223/8乙丑Wood Ox233/9丙寅Fire Tiger243/10丁卯Fire Rabbit253/11戊辰Earth Dragon263/12己巳Earth Snake3/13庚午Metal Horse283/14辛未Metal Goat293/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month303/16癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1980 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 1980
- 15 April 1980 — lunar 1980 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1980 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 1980 at 23:14:42 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1980 at 06:22:41 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 April 1980 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 29 April 1980 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 1980 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.