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April 1988 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 2 Apr. New moon: 16 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1988 month 2 into 1988 month 3 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 21:39:04 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 04:44:47 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 April 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 2; lunar 1988 month 3 begins 16 April 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/15丙戌Fire DogLunar mid-month22/16丁亥Fire Pig2/17戊子Earth Rat2/18己丑Earth OxPure Brightness52/19庚寅Metal Tiger62/20辛卯Metal Rabbit72/21壬辰Water Dragon82/22癸巳Water Snake92/23甲午Wood Horse2/24乙未Wood Goat112/25丙申Fire Monkey122/26丁酉Fire Rooster132/27戊戌Earth Dog142/28己亥Earth Pig152/29庚子Metal Rat163/1辛丑Metal OxLunar month opens3/2壬寅Water Tiger183/3癸卯Water Rabbit193/4甲辰Wood Dragon203/5乙巳Wood SnakeGrain Rain213/6丙午Fire Horse223/7丁未Fire Goat233/8戊申Earth Monkey3/9己酉Earth Rooster253/10庚戌Metal Dog263/11辛亥Metal Pig273/12壬子Water Rat283/13癸丑Water Ox293/14甲寅Wood Tiger303/15乙卯Wood RabbitLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1988 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
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 1988
- 16 April 1988 — lunar 1988 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1988 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 1988 at 21:39:04 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1988 at 04:44:47 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 April 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 April 1988 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 30 April 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 1988 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.