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January 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 11 Jan. New moon: 4 Jan. Full moon: 19 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1972 month 11 into 1972 month 12 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 19:25:19 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 12:48:12 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 January 1973 closes lunar 1972 month 11; lunar 1972 month 12 begins 4 January 1973.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1972
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/27丁酉Fire Rooster211/28戊戌Earth Dog311/29己亥Earth Pig412/1庚子Metal RatLunar month opens512/2辛丑Metal OxMinor Cold612/3壬寅Water Tiger12/4癸卯Water Rabbit812/5甲辰Wood Dragon912/6乙巳Wood Snake1012/7丙午Fire Horse12/8丁未Fire Goat1212/9戊申Earth Monkey1312/10己酉Earth Rooster12/11庚戌Metal Dog1512/12辛亥Metal Pig1612/13壬子Water Rat1712/14癸丑Water Ox1812/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month1912/16乙卯Wood Rabbit2012/17丙辰Fire DragonMajor Cold12/18丁巳Fire Snake2212/19戊午Earth Horse2312/20己未Earth Goat2412/21庚申Metal Monkey2512/22辛酉Metal Rooster2612/23壬戌Water Dog2712/24癸亥Water Pig12/25甲子Wood Rat2912/26乙丑Wood Ox3012/27丙寅Fire Tiger3112/28丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1973 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 1973
- 4 January 1973 — lunar 1972 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1972 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1973 at 19:25:19 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1973 at 12:48:12 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 January 1973 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 18 January 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 January 1973 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.