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April 2001 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 8 Apr. New moon: 23 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2001 month 3 into 2001 month 4 · Yin Metal Snake 辛巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 01:24:22 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 08:35:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 22 April 2001 closes lunar 2001 month 3; lunar 2001 month 4 begins 23 April 2001.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2001
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
April 2001 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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3/8甲午Wood Horse23/9乙未Wood Goat33/10丙申Fire Monkey43/11丁酉Fire Rooster3/12戊戌Earth DogPure Brightness63/13己亥Earth Pig73/14庚子Metal Rat3/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month93/16壬寅Water Tiger103/17癸卯Water Rabbit113/18甲辰Wood Dragon123/19乙巳Wood Snake133/20丙午Fire Horse143/21丁未Fire Goat3/22戊申Earth Monkey163/23己酉Earth Rooster173/24庚戌Metal Dog183/25辛亥Metal Pig193/26壬子Water Rat203/27癸丑Water OxGrain Rain213/28甲寅Wood Tiger3/29乙卯Wood Rabbit234/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens244/2丁巳Fire Snake254/3戊午Earth Horse264/4己未Earth Goat274/5庚申Metal Monkey284/6辛酉Metal Rooster4/7壬戌Water Dog304/8癸亥Water PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2001 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
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 2001
- 23 April 2001 — lunar 2001 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2001 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 2001 at 01:24:22 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2001 at 08:35:53 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 April 2001 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 April 2001 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 2001 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.