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April 1990 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 10 Apr. New moon: 25 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1990 month 3 into 1990 month 4 · Yang Metal Horse 庚午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 09:12:56 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 16:26:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 April 1990 closes lunar 1990 month 3; lunar 1990 month 4 begins 25 April 1990.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1990
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
April 1990 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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3/6丙申Fire Monkey23/7丁酉Fire Rooster33/8戊戌Earth Dog43/9己亥Earth Pig3/10庚子Metal RatPure Brightness63/11辛丑Metal Ox73/12壬寅Water Tiger3/13癸卯Water Rabbit93/14甲辰Wood Dragon103/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month113/16丙午Fire Horse123/17丁未Fire Goat133/18戊申Earth Monkey143/19己酉Earth Rooster3/20庚戌Metal Dog163/21辛亥Metal Pig173/22壬子Water Rat183/23癸丑Water Ox193/24甲寅Wood Tiger203/25乙卯Wood RabbitGrain Rain213/26丙辰Fire Dragon3/27丁巳Fire Snake233/28戊午Earth Horse243/29己未Earth Goat254/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens264/2辛酉Metal Rooster274/3壬戌Water Dog284/4癸亥Water Pig4/5甲子Wood Rat304/6乙丑Wood OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1990 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 1990
- 25 April 1990 — lunar 1990 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1990 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1990 at 09:12:56 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1990 at 16:26:32 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 April 1990 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 April 1990 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1990 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.