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April 1997 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 7 Apr. Full moon: 23 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1997 month 2 into 1997 month 3 · Yin Fire Ox 丁丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 01:56:16 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 09:02:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 April 1997 closes lunar 1997 month 2; lunar 1997 month 3 begins 7 April 1997.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1997
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1997 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/24癸酉Water Rooster22/25甲戌Wood Dog32/26乙亥Wood Pig42/27丙子Fire Rat2/28丁丑Fire OxPure Brightness2/29戊寅Earth Tiger73/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens83/2庚辰Metal Dragon93/3辛巳Metal Snake103/4壬午Water Horse113/5癸未Water Goat123/6甲申Wood Monkey3/7乙酉Wood Rooster143/8丙戌Fire Dog153/9丁亥Fire Pig163/10戊子Earth Rat173/11己丑Earth Ox183/12庚寅Metal Tiger193/13辛卯Metal Rabbit3/14壬辰Water DragonGrain Rain213/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month223/16甲午Wood Horse233/17乙未Wood Goat243/18丙申Fire Monkey253/19丁酉Fire Rooster263/20戊戌Earth Dog3/21己亥Earth Pig283/22庚子Metal Rat293/23辛丑Metal Ox303/24壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1997 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
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 1997
- 7 April 1997 — lunar 1997 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1997 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1997 at 01:56:16 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1997 at 09:02:49 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 April 1997 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 21 April 1997 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1997 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.