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January 1969 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 25 Jan. Full moon: 4 Jan. New moon: 18 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1968 month 11 into 1968 month 12 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 20:16:48 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 13:38:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 January 1969 closes lunar 1968 month 11; lunar 1968 month 12 begins 18 January 1969.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1968
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
January 1969 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/13丙子Fire Rat211/14丁丑Fire Ox311/15戊寅Earth TigerLunar mid-month411/16己卯Earth Rabbit11/17庚辰Metal DragonMinor Cold611/18辛巳Metal Snake711/19壬午Water Horse811/20癸未Water Goat911/21甲申Wood Monkey1011/22乙酉Wood Rooster1111/23丙戌Fire Dog11/24丁亥Fire Pig1311/25戊子Earth Rat1411/26己丑Earth Ox1511/27庚寅Metal Tiger1611/28辛卯Metal Rabbit1711/29壬辰Water Dragon1812/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens12/2甲午Wood Horse2012/3乙未Wood GoatMajor Cold2112/4丙申Fire Monkey2212/5丁酉Fire Rooster2312/6戊戌Earth Dog2412/7己亥Earth Pig12/8庚子Metal Rat12/9辛丑Metal Ox2712/10壬寅Water Tiger2812/11癸卯Water Rabbit2912/12甲辰Wood Dragon3012/13乙巳Wood Snake3112/14丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1969 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1969
- 18 January 1969 — lunar 1968 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1968 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1969 at 20:16:48 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1969 at 13:38:10 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 January 1969 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 January 1969 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 25 January 1969 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.