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April 1981 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 5 Apr. Full moon: 19 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1981 month 2 into 1981 month 3 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 05:05:02 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 12:18:31 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 April 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 2; lunar 1981 month 3 begins 5 April 1981.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/27己酉Earth Rooster22/28庚戌Metal Dog32/29辛亥Metal Pig42/30壬子Water Rat3/1癸丑Water OxLunar month opensPure Brightness63/2甲寅Wood Tiger73/3乙卯Wood Rabbit83/4丙辰Fire Dragon93/5丁巳Fire Snake103/6戊午Earth Horse113/7己未Earth Goat3/8庚申Metal Monkey133/9辛酉Metal Rooster143/10壬戌Water Dog153/11癸亥Water Pig163/12甲子Wood Rat173/13乙丑Wood Ox183/14丙寅Fire Tiger3/15丁卯Fire RabbitLunar mid-month203/16戊辰Earth DragonGrain Rain213/17己巳Earth Snake223/18庚午Metal Horse233/19辛未Metal Goat243/20壬申Water Monkey253/21癸酉Water Rooster3/22甲戌Wood Dog273/23乙亥Wood Pig283/24丙子Fire Rat293/25丁丑Fire Ox303/26戊寅Earth TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1981 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 1981
- 5 April 1981 — lunar 1981 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1981 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1981 at 05:05:02 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1981 at 12:18:31 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 April 1981 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 19 April 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1981 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.