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January 1979 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 6 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 27 Jan. Chinese New Year: 28 Jan. Full moon: 13 Jan. New moon: 28 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1978 month 12 into 1979 month 1 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 06:31:33 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 23:59:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 January 1979 closes lunar 1978 month 12; lunar 1979 month 1 begins 28 January 1979.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
January 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1979 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 1979
- 28 January 1979 — lunar 1978 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1979 month 1 opens.
- 6 January 1979 at 06:31:33 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1979 at 23:59:56 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 January 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 January 1979 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 6 January 1979 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 27 January 1979 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 28 January 1979 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.