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January 1998 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 6 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 27 Jan. Chinese New Year: 28 Jan. Full moon: 13 Jan. New moon: 28 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1997 month 12 into 1998 month 1 · Yin Fire Ox 丁丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 21:18:09 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 14:46:04 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 January 1998 closes lunar 1997 month 12; lunar 1998 month 1 begins 28 January 1998.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1997
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 1998 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1998 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 January 1998
- 28 January 1998 — lunar 1997 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1998 month 1 opens.
- 5 January 1998 at 21:18:09 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1998 at 14:46:04 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 January 1998 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 January 1998 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 6 January 1998 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 27 January 1998 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 28 January 1998 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.