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January 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 26 Jan. Full moon: 4 Jan. New moon: 19 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1987 month 11 into 1987 month 12 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 11:03:30 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 04:24:17 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 January 1988 closes lunar 1987 month 11; lunar 1987 month 12 begins 19 January 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
January 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/12乙卯Wood Rabbit211/13丙辰Fire Dragon11/14丁巳Fire Snake411/15戊午Earth HorseLunar mid-month511/16己未Earth Goat611/17庚申Metal MonkeyMinor Cold711/18辛酉Metal Rooster811/19壬戌Water Dog911/20癸亥Water Pig11/21甲子Wood Rat1111/22乙丑Wood Ox1211/23丙寅Fire Tiger1311/24丁卯Fire Rabbit1411/25戊辰Earth Dragon1511/26己巳Earth Snake1611/27庚午Metal Horse11/28辛未Metal Goat1811/29壬申Water Monkey1912/1癸酉Water RoosterLunar month opens2012/2甲戌Wood Dog2112/3乙亥Wood PigMajor Cold2212/4丙子Fire Rat2312/5丁丑Fire Ox12/6戊寅Earth Tiger2512/7己卯Earth Rabbit12/8庚辰Metal Dragon2712/9辛巳Metal Snake2812/10壬午Water Horse2912/11癸未Water Goat3012/12甲申Wood Monkey12/13乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1988 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1988
- 19 January 1988 — lunar 1987 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1987 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1988 at 11:03:30 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1988 at 04:24:17 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 January 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 January 1988 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 26 January 1988 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.