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February 1987 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 12 Feb. Full moon: 14 Feb. New moon: 28 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1987 month 1 into 1987 month 2 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 16:51:40 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 12:49:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 February 1987 closes lunar 1987 month 1; lunar 1987 month 2 begins 28 February 1987.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
February 1987 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/4辛巳Metal Snake21/5壬午Water Horse31/6癸未Water Goat41/7甲申Wood MonkeyBeginning of Spring51/8乙酉Wood Rooster61/9丙戌Fire Dog71/10丁亥Fire Pig1/11戊子Earth Rat91/12己丑Earth Ox101/13庚寅Metal Tiger111/14辛卯Metal Rabbit1/15壬辰Water DragonLunar mid-month131/16癸巳Water Snake141/17甲午Wood Horse1/18乙未Wood Goat161/19丙申Fire Monkey171/20丁酉Fire Rooster181/21戊戌Earth Dog191/22己亥Earth PigRain Water201/23庚子Metal Rat211/24辛丑Metal Ox1/25壬寅Water Tiger231/26癸卯Water Rabbit241/27甲辰Wood Dragon251/28乙巳Wood Snake261/29丙午Fire Horse271/30丁未Fire Goat282/1戊申Earth MonkeyLunar month opensThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1987 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
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 February 1987
- 28 February 1987 — lunar 1987 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1987 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 1987 at 16:51:40 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1987 at 12:49:57 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 February 1987 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 February 1987 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 12 February 1987 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.