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January 1942 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 24 Jan. Full moon: 2 Jan. New moon: 17 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1941 month 11 into 1941 month 12 · Yin Metal Snake 辛巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 07:02:18 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 00:23:28 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 January 1942 closes lunar 1941 month 11; lunar 1941 month 12 begins 17 January 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1941
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
January 1942 day by day
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111/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month211/16乙卯Wood Rabbit311/17丙辰Fire Dragon11/18丁巳Fire Snake511/19戊午Earth Horse611/20己未Earth GoatMinor Cold711/21庚申Metal Monkey811/22辛酉Metal Rooster911/23壬戌Water Dog1011/24癸亥Water Pig11/25甲子Wood Rat1211/26乙丑Wood Ox1311/27丙寅Fire Tiger1411/28丁卯Fire Rabbit1511/29戊辰Earth Dragon1611/30己巳Earth Snake1712/1庚午Metal HorseLunar month opens12/2辛未Metal Goat1912/3壬申Water Monkey2012/4癸酉Water Rooster2112/5甲戌Wood DogMajor Cold2212/6乙亥Wood Pig2312/7丙子Fire Rat12/8丁丑Fire Ox12/9戊寅Earth Tiger2612/10己卯Earth Rabbit2712/11庚辰Metal Dragon2812/12辛巳Metal Snake2912/13壬午Water Horse3012/14癸未Water Goat3112/15甲申Wood MonkeyLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1942 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1942
- 17 January 1942 — lunar 1941 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1941 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1942 at 07:02:18 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1942 at 00:23:28 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 January 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 1942 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 31 January 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 January 1942 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.