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April 2028 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. Full moon: 9 Apr. New moon: 25 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 19 Apr.
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Lunar 2028 month 3 into 2028 month 4 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 14:03:06 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 19 at 21:09:31 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 April 2028 closes lunar 2028 month 3; lunar 2028 month 4 begins 25 April 2028.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2028
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
April 2028 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/7丙辰Fire Dragon3/8丁巳Fire Snake33/9戊午Earth Horse3/10己未Earth GoatPure Brightness53/11庚申Metal Monkey63/12辛酉Metal Rooster73/13壬戌Water Dog83/14癸亥Water Pig3/15甲子Wood RatLunar mid-month103/16乙丑Wood Ox113/17丙寅Fire Tiger123/18丁卯Fire Rabbit133/19戊辰Earth Dragon143/20己巳Earth Snake153/21庚午Metal Horse3/22辛未Metal Goat173/23壬申Water Monkey183/24癸酉Water Rooster193/25甲戌Wood DogGrain Rain203/26乙亥Wood Pig213/27丙子Fire Rat223/28丁丑Fire Ox3/29戊寅Earth Tiger243/30己卯Earth Rabbit254/1庚辰Metal DragonLunar month opens264/2辛巳Metal Snake274/3壬午Water Horse284/4癸未Water Goat294/5甲申Wood Monkey4/6乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2028 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 2028
- 25 April 2028 — lunar 2028 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2028 month 4 opens.
- 4 April 2028 at 14:03:06 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 April 2028 at 21:09:31 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 April 2028 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 April 2028 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 4 April 2028 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.