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February 1985 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 19 Feb. Chinese New Year: 20 Feb. Full moon: 5 Feb. New moon: 20 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1984 month 12 into 1985 month 1 · Yang Wood Rat 甲子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 05:11:47 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 01:07:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 February 1985 closes lunar 1984 month 12; lunar 1985 month 1 begins 20 February 1985.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1984
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 10 (29 days).
Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
February 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1985 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 1985
- 20 February 1985 — lunar 1984 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1985 month 1 opens.
- 4 February 1985 at 05:11:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1985 at 01:07:21 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 February 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 February 1985 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 19 February 1985 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 20 February 1985 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.