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April 2024 Chinese lunar calendar

April 2024 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 9 Apr. Full moon: 24 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 19 Apr.

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Lunar 2024 month 2 into 2024 month 3 · Yang Wood Dragon 甲辰 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
Solar terms
Pure Brightness · 4 at 15:02:17 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 19 at 21:59:47 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
8 April 2024 closes lunar 2024 month 2; lunar 2024 month 3 begins 9 April 2024.

Lunar-year structure

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Lunar 2024

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

April 2024 day by day

Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.

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12/23乙未Goat22/24丙申Monkey32/25丁酉RoosterFestival42/26戊戌DogQingming FestivalPure Brightness52/27己亥Pig62/28庚子Rat72/29辛丑Ox82/30壬寅Tiger93/1癸卯RabbitLunar month opens103/2甲辰Dragon113/3乙巳Snake123/4丙午Horse133/5丁未Goat143/6戊申Monkey153/7己酉Rooster163/8庚戌Dog173/9辛亥Pig183/10壬子Rat193/11癸丑OxGrain Rain203/12甲寅Tiger213/13乙卯Rabbit223/14丙辰Dragon233/15丁巳SnakeLunar mid-month243/16戊午Horse253/17己未Goat263/18庚申Monkey273/19辛酉Rooster283/20壬戌Dog293/21癸亥Pig303/22甲子Rat

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 2024 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/24

  2. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  4. 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 2024

  • 9 April 2024 — lunar 2024 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2024 month 3 opens.
  • 4 April 2024 at 15:02:17 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 19 April 2024 at 21:59:47 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 9 April 2024 — the first day of lunar month 3.
  • 23 April 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
  • 4 April 2024 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.

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