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February 1972 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 14 Feb. Chinese New Year: 15 Feb. Lantern Festival: 29 Feb. New moon: 15 Feb. Full moon: 29 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 5 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1971 month 12 into 1972 month 1 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 5 at 01:20:13 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 21:11:23 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 February 1972 closes lunar 1971 month 12; lunar 1972 month 1 begins 15 February 1972.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1971
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
Lunar 1972
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
February 1972 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1972 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
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 February 1972
- 15 February 1972 — lunar 1971 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1972 month 1 opens.
- 5 February 1972 at 01:20:13 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1972 at 21:11:23 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 February 1972 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 29 February 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 February 1972 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 15 February 1972 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
- 29 February 1972 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.