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January 1970 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 15 Jan. New moon: 8 Jan. Full moon: 22 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1969 month 11 into 1969 month 12 · Yin Earth Rooster 己酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 02:01:39 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 19:23:47 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 January 1970 closes lunar 1969 month 11; lunar 1969 month 12 begins 8 January 1970.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1969
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1970 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/24辛巳Metal Snake211/25壬午Water Horse311/26癸未Water Goat11/27甲申Wood Monkey511/28乙酉Wood Rooster611/29丙戌Fire DogMinor Cold711/30丁亥Fire Pig812/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opens912/2己丑Earth Ox1012/3庚寅Metal Tiger12/4辛卯Metal Rabbit1212/5壬辰Water Dragon1312/6癸巳Water Snake1412/7甲午Wood Horse12/8乙未Wood Goat1612/9丙申Fire Monkey1712/10丁酉Fire Rooster12/11戊戌Earth Dog1912/12己亥Earth Pig2012/13庚子Metal RatMajor Cold2112/14辛丑Metal Ox2212/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month2312/16癸卯Water Rabbit2412/17甲辰Wood Dragon12/18乙巳Wood Snake2612/19丙午Fire Horse2712/20丁未Fire Goat2812/21戊申Earth Monkey2912/22己酉Earth Rooster3012/23庚戌Metal Dog3112/24辛亥Metal PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1970 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 1970
- 8 January 1970 — lunar 1969 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1969 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1970 at 02:01:39 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1970 at 19:23:47 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 1970 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 January 1970 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 January 1970 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.