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April 2008 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 6 Apr. Full moon: 20 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2008 month 2 into 2008 month 3 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 17:45:52 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 00:51:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 April 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 2; lunar 2008 month 3 begins 6 April 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/25辛未Metal Goat22/26壬申Water Monkey32/27癸酉Water Rooster2/28甲戌Wood DogPure Brightness52/29乙亥Wood Pig3/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens73/2丁丑Fire Ox83/3戊寅Earth Tiger93/4己卯Earth Rabbit103/5庚辰Metal Dragon113/6辛巳Metal Snake123/7壬午Water Horse3/8癸未Water Goat143/9甲申Wood Monkey153/10乙酉Wood Rooster163/11丙戌Fire Dog173/12丁亥Fire Pig183/13戊子Earth Rat193/14己丑Earth Ox3/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-monthGrain Rain213/16辛卯Metal Rabbit223/17壬辰Water Dragon233/18癸巳Water Snake243/19甲午Wood Horse253/20乙未Wood Goat263/21丙申Fire Monkey3/22丁酉Fire Rooster283/23戊戌Earth Dog293/24己亥Earth Pig303/25庚子Metal RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2008 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 2008
- 6 April 2008 — lunar 2008 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2008 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 2008 at 17:45:52 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2008 at 00:51:08 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 2008 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 20 April 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 2008 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.