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April 1998 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 12 Apr. New moon: 26 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1998 month 3 into 1998 month 4 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 07:44:57 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 14:56:43 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 April 1998 closes lunar 1998 month 3; lunar 1998 month 4 begins 26 April 1998.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
April 1998 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/5戊寅Earth Tiger23/6己卯Earth Rabbit33/7庚辰Metal Dragon43/8辛巳Metal Snake3/9壬午Water HorsePure Brightness63/10癸未Water Goat73/11甲申Wood Monkey83/12乙酉Wood Rooster93/13丙戌Fire Dog103/14丁亥Fire Pig113/15戊子Earth RatLunar mid-month3/16己丑Earth Ox133/17庚寅Metal Tiger143/18辛卯Metal Rabbit153/19壬辰Water Dragon163/20癸巳Water Snake173/21甲午Wood Horse183/22乙未Wood Goat3/23丙申Fire Monkey203/24丁酉Fire RoosterGrain Rain213/25戊戌Earth Dog223/26己亥Earth Pig233/27庚子Metal Rat243/28辛丑Metal Ox253/29壬寅Water Tiger4/1癸卯Water RabbitLunar month opens274/2甲辰Wood Dragon284/3乙巳Wood Snake294/4丙午Fire Horse304/5丁未Fire GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1998 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 1998
- 26 April 1998 — lunar 1998 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1998 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1998 at 07:44:57 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1998 at 14:56:43 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 April 1998 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 April 1998 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1998 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.