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January 1980 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 25 Jan. Full moon: 2 Jan. New moon: 18 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1979 month 11 into 1979 month 12 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 12:28:53 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 05:48:37 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 January 1980 closes lunar 1979 month 11; lunar 1979 month 12 begins 18 January 1980.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
January 1980 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/14癸酉Water Rooster211/15甲戌Wood DogLunar mid-month311/16乙亥Wood Pig411/17丙子Fire Rat511/18丁丑Fire Ox11/19戊寅Earth TigerMinor Cold711/20己卯Earth Rabbit811/21庚辰Metal Dragon911/22辛巳Metal Snake1011/23壬午Water Horse1111/24癸未Water Goat1211/25甲申Wood Monkey11/26乙酉Wood Rooster1411/27丙戌Fire Dog1511/28丁亥Fire Pig1611/29戊子Earth Rat1711/30己丑Earth Ox1812/1庚寅Metal TigerLunar month opens1912/2辛卯Metal Rabbit12/3壬辰Water Dragon2112/4癸巳Water SnakeMajor Cold2212/5甲午Wood Horse2312/6乙未Wood Goat2412/7丙申Fire Monkey12/8丁酉Fire Rooster2612/9戊戌Earth Dog12/10己亥Earth Pig2812/11庚子Metal Rat2912/12辛丑Metal Ox3012/13壬寅Water Tiger3112/14癸卯Water RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1980 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
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 1980
- 18 January 1980 — lunar 1979 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1979 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1980 at 12:28:53 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1980 at 05:48:37 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 January 1980 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 January 1980 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 25 January 1980 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.