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January 1953 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 22 Jan. New moon: 15 Jan. Full moon: 30 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1952 month 11 into 1952 month 12 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 23:02:02 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 16:21:18 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 January 1953 closes lunar 1952 month 11; lunar 1952 month 12 begins 15 January 1953.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1952
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (30 days).
January 1953 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/16壬子Water Rat211/17癸丑Water Ox311/18甲寅Wood Tiger11/19乙卯Wood Rabbit511/20丙辰Fire DragonMinor Cold611/21丁巳Fire Snake711/22戊午Earth Horse811/23己未Earth Goat911/24庚申Metal Monkey1011/25辛酉Metal Rooster11/26壬戌Water Dog1211/27癸亥Water Pig1311/28甲子Wood Rat1411/29乙丑Wood Ox1512/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens1612/2丁卯Fire Rabbit1712/3戊辰Earth Dragon12/4己巳Earth Snake1912/5庚午Metal Horse2012/6辛未Metal GoatMajor Cold2112/7壬申Water Monkey12/8癸酉Water Rooster2312/9甲戌Wood Dog2412/10乙亥Wood Pig12/11丙子Fire Rat2612/12丁丑Fire Ox2712/13戊寅Earth Tiger2812/14己卯Earth Rabbit2912/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month3012/16辛巳Metal Snake3112/17壬午Water HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1953 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 January 1953
- 15 January 1953 — lunar 1952 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1952 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1953 at 23:02:02 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1953 at 16:21:18 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 January 1953 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 29 January 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 January 1953 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.