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January 1999 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 24 Jan. Full moon: 2 Jan. New moon: 17 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1998 month 11 into 1998 month 12 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 03:17:09 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 20:37:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 January 1999 closes lunar 1998 month 11; lunar 1998 month 12 begins 17 January 1999.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 1999 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/14癸丑Water Ox211/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month11/16乙卯Wood Rabbit411/17丙辰Fire Dragon511/18丁巳Fire Snake611/19戊午Earth HorseMinor Cold711/20己未Earth Goat811/21庚申Metal Monkey911/22辛酉Metal Rooster11/23壬戌Water Dog1111/24癸亥Water Pig1211/25甲子Wood Rat1311/26乙丑Wood Ox1411/27丙寅Fire Tiger1511/28丁卯Fire Rabbit1611/29戊辰Earth Dragon12/1己巳Earth SnakeLunar month opens1812/2庚午Metal Horse1912/3辛未Metal Goat2012/4壬申Water MonkeyMajor Cold2112/5癸酉Water Rooster2212/6甲戌Wood Dog2312/7乙亥Wood Pig12/8丙子Fire Rat2512/9丁丑Fire Ox2612/10戊寅Earth Tiger2712/11己卯Earth Rabbit2812/12庚辰Metal Dragon2912/13辛巳Metal Snake3012/14壬午Water Horse12/15癸未Water GoatLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1999 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 1999
- 17 January 1999 — lunar 1998 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1998 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1999 at 03:17:09 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1999 at 20:37:21 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 January 1999 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 1999 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 31 January 1999 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 January 1999 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.