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January 1950 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 25 Jan. Full moon: 4 Jan. New moon: 18 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1949 month 11 into 1949 month 12 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 05:38:43 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 22:59:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 January 1950 closes lunar 1949 month 11; lunar 1949 month 12 begins 18 January 1950.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1949
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
January 1950 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/13丙申Fire Monkey211/14丁酉Fire Rooster311/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-month411/16己亥Earth Pig511/17庚子Metal Rat611/18辛丑Metal OxMinor Cold711/19壬寅Water Tiger11/20癸卯Water Rabbit911/21甲辰Wood Dragon1011/22乙巳Wood Snake1111/23丙午Fire Horse1211/24丁未Fire Goat1311/25戊申Earth Monkey1411/26己酉Earth Rooster11/27庚戌Metal Dog1611/28辛亥Metal Pig1711/29壬子Water Rat1812/1癸丑Water OxLunar month opens1912/2甲寅Wood Tiger2012/3乙卯Wood RabbitMajor Cold2112/4丙辰Fire Dragon12/5丁巳Fire Snake2312/6戊午Earth Horse2412/7己未Earth Goat12/8庚申Metal Monkey2612/9辛酉Metal Rooster2712/10壬戌Water Dog2812/11癸亥Water Pig12/12甲子Wood Rat3012/13乙丑Wood Ox3112/14丙寅Fire TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1950 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 1950
- 18 January 1950 — lunar 1949 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1949 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1950 at 05:38:43 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1950 at 22:59:35 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 January 1950 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 January 1950 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 25 January 1950 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.