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April 1996 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 4 Apr. New moon: 18 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1996 month 2 into 1996 month 3 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 20:02:01 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 03:09:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 April 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 2; lunar 1996 month 3 begins 18 April 1996.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/14戊辰Earth Dragon22/15己巳Earth SnakeLunar mid-month32/16庚午Metal Horse2/17辛未Metal GoatPure Brightness52/18壬申Water Monkey62/19癸酉Water Rooster2/20甲戌Wood Dog82/21乙亥Wood Pig92/22丙子Fire Rat102/23丁丑Fire Ox112/24戊寅Earth Tiger122/25己卯Earth Rabbit132/26庚辰Metal Dragon2/27辛巳Metal Snake152/28壬午Water Horse162/29癸未Water Goat172/30甲申Wood Monkey183/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens193/2丙戌Fire Dog203/3丁亥Fire PigGrain Rain3/4戊子Earth Rat223/5己丑Earth Ox233/6庚寅Metal Tiger243/7辛卯Metal Rabbit253/8壬辰Water Dragon263/9癸巳Water Snake273/10甲午Wood Horse3/11乙未Wood Goat293/12丙申Fire Monkey303/13丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1996 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
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 1996
- 18 April 1996 — lunar 1996 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1996 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 1996 at 20:02:01 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1996 at 03:09:53 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 April 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 April 1996 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 4 April 1996 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.