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January 1972 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 23 Jan. Full moon: 1 Jan. New moon: 16 Jan. Full moon: 30 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1971 month 11 into 1971 month 12 · Yin Metal Pig 辛亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 13:41:50 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 06:58:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 January 1972 closes lunar 1971 month 11; lunar 1971 month 12 begins 16 January 1972.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1971
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 1972 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1972 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 1972
- 16 January 1972 — lunar 1971 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1971 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1972 at 13:41:50 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1972 at 06:58:59 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 January 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 January 1972 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 30 January 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 January 1972 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.