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January 1939 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 27 Jan. Full moon: 6 Jan. New moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1938 month 11 into 1938 month 12 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 13:27:51 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 06:50:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 January 1939 closes lunar 1938 month 11; lunar 1938 month 12 begins 20 January 1939.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1938
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (30 days).
January 1939 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/11戊戌Earth Dog211/12己亥Earth Pig311/13庚子Metal Rat411/14辛丑Metal Ox511/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month611/16癸卯Water RabbitMinor Cold711/17甲辰Wood Dragon11/18乙巳Wood Snake911/19丙午Fire Horse1011/20丁未Fire Goat1111/21戊申Earth Monkey1211/22己酉Earth Rooster1311/23庚戌Metal Dog1411/24辛亥Metal Pig11/25壬子Water Rat1611/26癸丑Water Ox1711/27甲寅Wood Tiger1811/28乙卯Wood Rabbit1911/29丙辰Fire Dragon2012/1丁巳Fire SnakeLunar month opens2112/2戊午Earth HorseMajor Cold12/3己未Earth Goat2312/4庚申Metal Monkey2412/5辛酉Metal Rooster2512/6壬戌Water Dog2612/7癸亥Water Pig12/8甲子Wood Rat2812/9乙丑Wood Ox12/10丙寅Fire Tiger3012/11丁卯Fire Rabbit3112/12戊辰Earth DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1939 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 January 1939
- 20 January 1939 — lunar 1938 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1938 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1939 at 13:27:51 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1939 at 06:50:40 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 1939 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 1939 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 1939 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.