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April 2003 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 2 Apr. Full moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2003 month 2 into 2003 month 3 · Yin Water Goat 癸未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 12:52:29 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 20:02:48 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 1 April 2003 closes lunar 2003 month 2; lunar 2003 month 3 begins 2 April 2003.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2003
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 2003 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/30甲辰Wood Dragon23/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens33/2丙午Fire Horse43/3丁未Fire Goat3/4戊申Earth MonkeyPure Brightness3/5己酉Earth Rooster73/6庚戌Metal Dog83/7辛亥Metal Pig93/8壬子Water Rat103/9癸丑Water Ox113/10甲寅Wood Tiger123/11乙卯Wood Rabbit3/12丙辰Fire Dragon143/13丁巳Fire Snake153/14戊午Earth Horse163/15己未Earth GoatLunar mid-month173/16庚申Metal Monkey183/17辛酉Metal Rooster193/18壬戌Water Dog3/19癸亥Water PigGrain Rain213/20甲子Wood Rat223/21乙丑Wood Ox233/22丙寅Fire Tiger243/23丁卯Fire Rabbit253/24戊辰Earth Dragon263/25己巳Earth Snake3/26庚午Metal Horse283/27辛未Metal Goat293/28壬申Water Monkey303/29癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2003 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
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 2003
- 2 April 2003 — lunar 2003 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2003 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 2003 at 12:52:29 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2003 at 20:02:48 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 April 2003 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 16 April 2003 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 2003 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.