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February 1966 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 4 Feb. Full moon: 5 Feb. New moon: 20 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1966 month 1 into 1966 month 2 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 14:37:48 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 10:37:47 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 February 1966 closes lunar 1966 month 1; lunar 1966 month 2 begins 20 February 1966.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1966
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (29 days).
February 1966 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/12辛卯Metal Rabbit21/13壬辰Water Dragon31/14癸巳Water Snake1/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-monthBeginning of Spring51/16乙未Wood Goat1/17丙申Fire Monkey71/18丁酉Fire Rooster81/19戊戌Earth Dog91/20己亥Earth Pig101/21庚子Metal Rat111/22辛丑Metal Ox121/23壬寅Water Tiger1/24癸卯Water Rabbit141/25甲辰Wood Dragon151/26乙巳Wood Snake161/27丙午Fire Horse171/28丁未Fire Goat181/29戊申Earth Monkey191/30己酉Earth RoosterRain Water2/1庚戌Metal DogLunar month opens212/2辛亥Metal Pig222/3壬子Water Rat232/4癸丑Water Ox242/5甲寅Wood Tiger252/6乙卯Wood Rabbit262/7丙辰Fire Dragon2/8丁巳Fire Snake282/9戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1966 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
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 1966
- 20 February 1966 — lunar 1966 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1966 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 1966 at 14:37:48 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1966 at 10:37:47 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 February 1966 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 February 1966 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 4 February 1966 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.