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April 2017 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 11 Apr. New moon: 26 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2017 month 3 into 2017 month 4 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 22:17:19 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 05:27:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 April 2017 closes lunar 2017 month 3; lunar 2017 month 4 begins 26 April 2017.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
April 2017 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/5戊午Earth Horse3/6己未Earth Goat33/7庚申Metal Monkey3/8辛酉Metal RoosterPure Brightness53/9壬戌Water Dog63/10癸亥Water Pig73/11甲子Wood Rat83/12乙丑Wood Ox3/13丙寅Fire Tiger103/14丁卯Fire Rabbit113/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month123/16己巳Earth Snake133/17庚午Metal Horse143/18辛未Metal Goat153/19壬申Water Monkey3/20癸酉Water Rooster173/21甲戌Wood Dog183/22乙亥Wood Pig193/23丙子Fire Rat203/24丁丑Fire OxGrain Rain213/25戊寅Earth Tiger223/26己卯Earth Rabbit3/27庚辰Metal Dragon243/28辛巳Metal Snake253/29壬午Water Horse264/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens274/2甲申Wood Monkey284/3乙酉Wood Rooster294/4丙戌Fire Dog4/5丁亥Fire PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2017 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 2017
- 26 April 2017 — lunar 2017 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2017 month 4 opens.
- 4 April 2017 at 22:17:19 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2017 at 05:27:01 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 April 2017 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 April 2017 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 4 April 2017 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.