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April 2019 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 5 Apr. Full moon: 19 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2019 month 2 into 2019 month 3 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 09:51:28 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 16:55:17 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 April 2019 closes lunar 2019 month 2; lunar 2019 month 3 begins 5 April 2019.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2019
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2019 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/26戊辰Earth Dragon22/27己巳Earth Snake32/28庚午Metal Horse42/29辛未Metal Goat3/1壬申Water MonkeyLunar month opensPure Brightness63/2癸酉Water Rooster3/3甲戌Wood Dog83/4乙亥Wood Pig93/5丙子Fire Rat103/6丁丑Fire Ox113/7戊寅Earth Tiger123/8己卯Earth Rabbit133/9庚辰Metal Dragon3/10辛巳Metal Snake153/11壬午Water Horse163/12癸未Water Goat173/13甲申Wood Monkey183/14乙酉Wood Rooster193/15丙戌Fire DogLunar mid-month203/16丁亥Fire PigGrain Rain3/17戊子Earth Rat223/18己丑Earth Ox233/19庚寅Metal Tiger243/20辛卯Metal Rabbit253/21壬辰Water Dragon263/22癸巳Water Snake273/23甲午Wood Horse3/24乙未Wood Goat293/25丙申Fire Monkey303/26丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2019 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 2019
- 5 April 2019 — lunar 2019 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2019 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 2019 at 09:51:28 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2019 at 16:55:17 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 April 2019 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 19 April 2019 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 2019 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.