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February 1940 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 7 Feb. Chinese New Year: 8 Feb. Lantern Festival: 22 Feb. New moon: 8 Feb. Full moon: 23 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 5 Feb. Rain Water: 20 Feb.
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Lunar 1939 month 12 into 1940 month 1 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 5 at 07:07:32 UTC+8; Rain Water · 20 at 03:03:42 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 February 1940 closes lunar 1939 month 12; lunar 1940 month 1 begins 8 February 1940.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1939
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 1940
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
February 1940 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1940 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
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 February 1940
- 8 February 1940 — lunar 1939 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1940 month 1 opens.
- 5 February 1940 at 07:07:32 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 February 1940 at 03:03:42 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 February 1940 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 22 February 1940 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 7 February 1940 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 8 February 1940 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
- 22 February 1940 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.