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April 1985 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 5 Apr. New moon: 20 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1985 month 2 into 1985 month 3 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 04:13:35 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 11:25:46 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 April 1985 closes lunar 1985 month 2; lunar 1985 month 3 begins 20 April 1985.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/12庚午Metal Horse22/13辛未Metal Goat32/14壬申Water Monkey42/15癸酉Water RoosterLunar mid-month2/16甲戌Wood DogPure Brightness62/17乙亥Wood Pig2/18丙子Fire Rat82/19丁丑Fire Ox92/20戊寅Earth Tiger102/21己卯Earth Rabbit112/22庚辰Metal Dragon122/23辛巳Metal Snake132/24壬午Water Horse2/25癸未Water Goat152/26甲申Wood Monkey162/27乙酉Wood Rooster172/28丙戌Fire Dog182/29丁亥Fire Pig192/30戊子Earth Rat203/1己丑Earth OxLunar month opensGrain Rain3/2庚寅Metal Tiger223/3辛卯Metal Rabbit233/4壬辰Water Dragon243/5癸巳Water Snake253/6甲午Wood Horse263/7乙未Wood Goat273/8丙申Fire Monkey3/9丁酉Fire Rooster293/10戊戌Earth Dog303/11己亥Earth PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1985 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 1985
- 20 April 1985 — lunar 1985 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1985 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1985 at 04:13:35 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1985 at 11:25:46 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 April 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 April 1985 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1985 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.