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April 2011 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 3 Apr. Full moon: 18 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2011 month 2 into 2011 month 3 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 11:11:59 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 18:17:26 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 April 2011 closes lunar 2011 month 2; lunar 2011 month 3 begins 3 April 2011.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2011
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2011 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/28丙戌Fire Dog22/29丁亥Fire Pig3/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opens43/2己丑Earth Ox3/3庚寅Metal TigerPure Brightness63/4辛卯Metal Rabbit73/5壬辰Water Dragon83/6癸巳Water Snake93/7甲午Wood Horse3/8乙未Wood Goat113/9丙申Fire Monkey123/10丁酉Fire Rooster133/11戊戌Earth Dog143/12己亥Earth Pig153/13庚子Metal Rat163/14辛丑Metal Ox3/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month183/16癸卯Water Rabbit193/17甲辰Wood Dragon203/18乙巳Wood SnakeGrain Rain213/19丙午Fire Horse223/20丁未Fire Goat233/21戊申Earth Monkey3/22己酉Earth Rooster253/23庚戌Metal Dog263/24辛亥Metal Pig273/25壬子Water Rat283/26癸丑Water Ox293/27甲寅Wood Tiger303/28乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2011 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 2011
- 3 April 2011 — lunar 2011 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2011 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 2011 at 11:11:59 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2011 at 18:17:26 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 April 2011 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 17 April 2011 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 2011 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.