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April 1989 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 6 Apr. Full moon: 21 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1989 month 2 into 1989 month 3 · Yin Earth Snake 己巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 03:29:54 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 10:38:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 April 1989 closes lunar 1989 month 2; lunar 1989 month 3 begins 6 April 1989.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1989
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1989 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/25辛卯Metal Rabbit2/26壬辰Water Dragon32/27癸巳Water Snake42/28甲午Wood Horse2/29乙未Wood GoatPure Brightness63/1丙申Fire MonkeyLunar month opens73/2丁酉Fire Rooster83/3戊戌Earth Dog3/4己亥Earth Pig103/5庚子Metal Rat113/6辛丑Metal Ox123/7壬寅Water Tiger133/8癸卯Water Rabbit143/9甲辰Wood Dragon153/10乙巳Wood Snake3/11丙午Fire Horse173/12丁未Fire Goat183/13戊申Earth Monkey193/14己酉Earth Rooster203/15庚戌Metal DogLunar mid-monthGrain Rain213/16辛亥Metal Pig223/17壬子Water Rat3/18癸丑Water Ox243/19甲寅Wood Tiger253/20乙卯Wood Rabbit263/21丙辰Fire Dragon273/22丁巳Fire Snake283/23戊午Earth Horse293/24己未Earth Goat3/25庚申Metal MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1989 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 1989
- 6 April 1989 — lunar 1989 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1989 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1989 at 03:29:54 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1989 at 10:38:56 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 1989 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 20 April 1989 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1989 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.