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April 1986 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 9 Apr. Full moon: 24 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1986 month 2 into 1986 month 3 · Yang Fire Tiger 丙寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 10:06:07 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 17:12:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 April 1986 closes lunar 1986 month 2; lunar 1986 month 3 begins 9 April 1986.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1986
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1986 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/23乙亥Wood Pig22/24丙子Fire Rat32/25丁丑Fire Ox42/26戊寅Earth Tiger2/27己卯Earth RabbitPure Brightness2/28庚辰Metal Dragon72/29辛巳Metal Snake82/30壬午Water Horse93/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens103/2甲申Wood Monkey113/3乙酉Wood Rooster123/4丙戌Fire Dog3/5丁亥Fire Pig143/6戊子Earth Rat153/7己丑Earth Ox163/8庚寅Metal Tiger173/9辛卯Metal Rabbit183/10壬辰Water Dragon193/11癸巳Water Snake3/12甲午Wood HorseGrain Rain213/13乙未Wood Goat223/14丙申Fire Monkey233/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month243/16戊戌Earth Dog253/17己亥Earth Pig263/18庚子Metal Rat3/19辛丑Metal Ox283/20壬寅Water Tiger293/21癸卯Water Rabbit303/22甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1986 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 1986
- 9 April 1986 — lunar 1986 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1986 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1986 at 10:06:07 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1986 at 17:12:08 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 April 1986 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 23 April 1986 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1986 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.