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April 1987 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 14 Apr. New moon: 28 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1987 month 3 into 1987 month 4 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 15:44:08 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 22:57:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 April 1987 closes lunar 1987 month 3; lunar 1987 month 4 begins 28 April 1987.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
April 1987 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/4庚辰Metal Dragon23/5辛巳Metal Snake33/6壬午Water Horse43/7癸未Water Goat3/8甲申Wood MonkeyPure Brightness63/9乙酉Wood Rooster73/10丙戌Fire Dog83/11丁亥Fire Pig93/12戊子Earth Rat103/13己丑Earth Ox113/14庚寅Metal Tiger3/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month133/16壬辰Water Dragon143/17癸巳Water Snake153/18甲午Wood Horse163/19乙未Wood Goat173/20丙申Fire Monkey183/21丁酉Fire Rooster3/22戊戌Earth Dog203/23己亥Earth PigGrain Rain213/24庚子Metal Rat223/25辛丑Metal Ox233/26壬寅Water Tiger243/27癸卯Water Rabbit253/28甲辰Wood Dragon3/29乙巳Wood Snake273/30丙午Fire Horse284/1丁未Fire GoatLunar month opens294/2戊申Earth Monkey304/3己酉Earth RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1987 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
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 1987
- 28 April 1987 — lunar 1987 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1987 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1987 at 15:44:08 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1987 at 22:57:32 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 April 1987 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 April 1987 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1987 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.