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January 1989 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 15 Jan. New moon: 8 Jan. Full moon: 22 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1988 month 11 into 1988 month 12 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 16:45:55 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 10:06:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 January 1989 closes lunar 1988 month 11; lunar 1988 month 12 begins 8 January 1989.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
January 1989 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/24辛酉Metal Rooster211/25壬戌Water Dog311/26癸亥Water Pig411/27甲子Wood Rat511/28乙丑Wood OxMinor Cold611/29丙寅Fire Tiger711/30丁卯Fire Rabbit12/1戊辰Earth DragonLunar month opens912/2己巳Earth Snake1012/3庚午Metal Horse1112/4辛未Metal Goat1212/5壬申Water Monkey1312/6癸酉Water Rooster1412/7甲戌Wood Dog12/8乙亥Wood Pig1612/9丙子Fire Rat1712/10丁丑Fire Ox1812/11戊寅Earth Tiger1912/12己卯Earth Rabbit2012/13庚辰Metal DragonMajor Cold2112/14辛巳Metal Snake12/15壬午Water HorseLunar mid-month2312/16癸未Water Goat2412/17甲申Wood Monkey2512/18乙酉Wood Rooster2612/19丙戌Fire Dog2712/20丁亥Fire Pig2812/21戊子Earth Rat12/22己丑Earth Ox3012/23庚寅Metal Tiger3112/24辛卯Metal RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1989 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 1989
- 8 January 1989 — lunar 1988 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1988 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1989 at 16:45:55 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1989 at 10:06:59 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 1989 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 January 1989 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 January 1989 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.