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April 2040 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 11 Apr. Full moon: 27 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 19 Apr.
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Lunar 2040 month 2 into 2040 month 3 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 12:05:33 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 19 at 18:59:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 April 2040 closes lunar 2040 month 2; lunar 2040 month 3 begins 11 April 2040.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2040
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 2040 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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2/20己未Earth Goat22/21庚申Metal Monkey32/22辛酉Metal Rooster2/23壬戌Water DogPure Brightness52/24癸亥Water Pig62/25甲子Wood Rat72/26乙丑Wood Ox2/27丙寅Fire Tiger92/28丁卯Fire Rabbit102/29戊辰Earth Dragon113/1己巳Earth SnakeLunar month opens123/2庚午Metal Horse133/3辛未Metal Goat143/4壬申Water Monkey3/5癸酉Water Rooster163/6甲戌Wood Dog173/7乙亥Wood Pig183/8丙子Fire Rat193/9丁丑Fire OxGrain Rain203/10戊寅Earth Tiger213/11己卯Earth Rabbit3/12庚辰Metal Dragon233/13辛巳Metal Snake243/14壬午Water Horse253/15癸未Water GoatLunar mid-month263/16甲申Wood Monkey273/17乙酉Wood Rooster283/18丙戌Fire Dog3/19丁亥Fire Pig303/20戊子Earth RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2040 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
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 2040
- 11 April 2040 — lunar 2040 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2040 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 2040 at 12:05:33 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 April 2040 at 18:59:36 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 April 2040 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 25 April 2040 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 2040 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.