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January 1959 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 16 Jan. New moon: 9 Jan. Full moon: 25 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1958 month 11 into 1958 month 12 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 09:58:18 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 03:18:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 January 1959 closes lunar 1958 month 11; lunar 1958 month 12 begins 9 January 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1958
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
January 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/22癸未Water Goat211/23甲申Wood Monkey311/24乙酉Wood Rooster11/25丙戌Fire Dog511/26丁亥Fire Pig611/27戊子Earth RatMinor Cold711/28己丑Earth Ox811/29庚寅Metal Tiger912/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens1012/2壬辰Water Dragon12/3癸巳Water Snake1212/4甲午Wood Horse1312/5乙未Wood Goat1412/6丙申Fire Monkey1512/7丁酉Fire Rooster12/8戊戌Earth Dog1712/9己亥Earth Pig12/10庚子Metal Rat1912/11辛丑Metal Ox2012/12壬寅Water Tiger2112/13癸卯Water RabbitMajor Cold2212/14甲辰Wood Dragon2312/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month2412/16丙午Fire Horse12/17丁未Fire Goat2612/18戊申Earth Monkey2712/19己酉Earth Rooster2812/20庚戌Metal Dog2912/21辛亥Metal Pig3012/22壬子Water Rat3112/23癸丑Water OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1959 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
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 1959
- 9 January 1959 — lunar 1958 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1958 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1959 at 09:58:18 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1959 at 03:18:50 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 January 1959 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 23 January 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 January 1959 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.