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February 1998 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 11 Feb. Full moon: 11 Feb. New moon: 27 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 1998 month 1 into 1998 month 2 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 08:56:52 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 04:54:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 February 1998 closes lunar 1998 month 1; lunar 1998 month 2 begins 27 February 1998.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
February 1998 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/5己卯Earth Rabbit21/6庚辰Metal Dragon31/7辛巳Metal Snake41/8壬午Water HorseBeginning of Spring51/9癸未Water Goat61/10甲申Wood Monkey71/11乙酉Wood Rooster1/12丙戌Fire Dog91/13丁亥Fire Pig101/14戊子Earth Rat1/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month121/16庚寅Metal Tiger131/17辛卯Metal Rabbit141/18壬辰Water Dragon1/19癸巳Water Snake161/20甲午Wood Horse171/21乙未Wood Goat181/22丙申Fire Monkey191/23丁酉Fire RoosterRain Water201/24戊戌Earth Dog211/25己亥Earth Pig1/26庚子Metal Rat231/27辛丑Metal Ox241/28壬寅Water Tiger251/29癸卯Water Rabbit261/30甲辰Wood Dragon272/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens282/2丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1998 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
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 1998
- 27 February 1998 — lunar 1998 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1998 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 1998 at 08:56:52 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 1998 at 04:54:53 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 February 1998 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 February 1998 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 11 February 1998 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.