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April 2021 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 12 Apr. Full moon: 27 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2021 month 2 into 2021 month 3 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 21:35:07 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 04:33:23 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 April 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 2; lunar 2021 month 3 begins 12 April 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/20己卯Earth Rabbit22/21庚辰Metal Dragon32/22辛巳Metal Snake2/23壬午Water HorsePure Brightness52/24癸未Water Goat62/25甲申Wood Monkey72/26乙酉Wood Rooster82/27丙戌Fire Dog92/28丁亥Fire Pig102/29戊子Earth Rat2/30己丑Earth Ox123/1庚寅Metal TigerLunar month opens133/2辛卯Metal Rabbit143/3壬辰Water Dragon153/4癸巳Water Snake163/5甲午Wood Horse173/6乙未Wood Goat3/7丙申Fire Monkey193/8丁酉Fire Rooster203/9戊戌Earth DogGrain Rain213/10己亥Earth Pig223/11庚子Metal Rat233/12辛丑Metal Ox243/13壬寅Water Tiger3/14癸卯Water Rabbit263/15甲辰Wood DragonLunar mid-month273/16乙巳Wood Snake283/17丙午Fire Horse293/18丁未Fire Goat303/19戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2021 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 2021
- 12 April 2021 — lunar 2021 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2021 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 2021 at 21:35:07 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2021 at 04:33:23 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 April 2021 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 26 April 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 2021 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.