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April 2009 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 9 Apr. New moon: 25 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2009 month 3 into 2009 month 4 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 23:33:47 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 06:44:25 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 April 2009 closes lunar 2009 month 3; lunar 2009 month 4 begins 25 April 2009.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
April 2009 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/6丙子Fire Rat23/7丁丑Fire Ox33/8戊寅Earth Tiger3/9己卯Earth RabbitPure Brightness3/10庚辰Metal Dragon63/11辛巳Metal Snake73/12壬午Water Horse83/13癸未Water Goat93/14甲申Wood Monkey103/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month113/16丙戌Fire Dog3/17丁亥Fire Pig133/18戊子Earth Rat143/19己丑Earth Ox153/20庚寅Metal Tiger163/21辛卯Metal Rabbit173/22壬辰Water Dragon183/23癸巳Water Snake3/24甲午Wood Horse203/25乙未Wood GoatGrain Rain213/26丙申Fire Monkey223/27丁酉Fire Rooster233/28戊戌Earth Dog243/29己亥Earth Pig254/1庚子Metal RatLunar month opens4/2辛丑Metal Ox274/3壬寅Water Tiger284/4癸卯Water Rabbit294/5甲辰Wood Dragon304/6乙巳Wood SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2009 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
Full moon
Lunar 3/14
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 2009
- 25 April 2009 — lunar 2009 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2009 month 4 opens.
- 4 April 2009 at 23:33:47 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2009 at 06:44:25 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 April 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 April 2009 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 4 April 2009 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.