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February 1950 Chinese lunar calendar

February 1950 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 16 Feb. Chinese New Year: 17 Feb. Full moon: 3 Feb. New moon: 17 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.

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Lunar 1949 month 12 into 1950 month 1 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
Solar terms
Beginning of Spring · 4 at 17:20:46 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 13:17:29 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
16 February 1950 closes lunar 1949 month 12; lunar 1950 month 1 begins 17 February 1950.

Lunar-year structure

Two lunar years meet here

Lunar 1949

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).

Lunar 1950

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

February 1950 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 12/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 12/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 1/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 1/9

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 February 1950

  • 17 February 1950 — lunar 1949 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1950 month 1 opens.
  • 4 February 1950 at 17:20:46 UTC+8Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 19 February 1950 at 13:17:29 UTC+8Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 1 February 1950lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
  • 17 February 1950the first day of lunar month 1.
  • 16 February 1950Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
  • 17 February 1950Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.

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