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April 2016 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 7 Apr. Full moon: 22 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 19 Apr.
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Lunar 2016 month 2 into 2016 month 3 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 16:27:31 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 19 at 23:29:26 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 April 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 2; lunar 2016 month 3 begins 7 April 2016.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2016
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/24癸丑Water Ox22/25甲寅Wood Tiger2/26乙卯Wood Rabbit2/27丙辰Fire DragonPure Brightness52/28丁巳Fire Snake62/29戊午Earth Horse73/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opens83/2庚申Metal Monkey93/3辛酉Metal Rooster3/4壬戌Water Dog113/5癸亥Water Pig123/6甲子Wood Rat133/7乙丑Wood Ox143/8丙寅Fire Tiger153/9丁卯Fire Rabbit163/10戊辰Earth Dragon3/11己巳Earth Snake183/12庚午Metal Horse193/13辛未Metal GoatGrain Rain203/14壬申Water Monkey213/15癸酉Water RoosterLunar mid-month223/16甲戌Wood Dog233/17乙亥Wood Pig3/18丙子Fire Rat253/19丁丑Fire Ox263/20戊寅Earth Tiger273/21己卯Earth Rabbit283/22庚辰Metal Dragon293/23辛巳Metal Snake303/24壬午Water HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2016 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 2016
- 7 April 2016 — lunar 2016 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2016 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 2016 at 16:27:31 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 April 2016 at 23:29:26 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 April 2016 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 21 April 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 2016 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.