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January 2000 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 14 Jan. New moon: 7 Jan. Full moon: 21 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1999 month 11 into 1999 month 12 · Yin Earth Rabbit 己卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 09:00:42 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 02:23:03 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 January 2000 closes lunar 1999 month 11; lunar 1999 month 12 begins 7 January 2000.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1999
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2000 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/25戊午Earth Horse11/26己未Earth Goat311/27庚申Metal Monkey411/28辛酉Metal Rooster511/29壬戌Water Dog611/30癸亥Water PigMinor Cold712/1甲子Wood RatLunar month opens812/2乙丑Wood Ox12/3丙寅Fire Tiger1012/4丁卯Fire Rabbit1112/5戊辰Earth Dragon1212/6己巳Earth Snake1312/7庚午Metal Horse12/8辛未Metal Goat1512/9壬申Water Monkey12/10癸酉Water Rooster1712/11甲戌Wood Dog1812/12乙亥Wood Pig1912/13丙子Fire Rat2012/14丁丑Fire Ox2112/15戊寅Earth TigerLunar mid-monthMajor Cold2212/16己卯Earth Rabbit12/17庚辰Metal Dragon2412/18辛巳Metal Snake2512/19壬午Water Horse2612/20癸未Water Goat2712/21甲申Wood Monkey2812/22乙酉Wood Rooster2912/23丙戌Fire Dog12/24丁亥Fire Pig3112/25戊子Earth RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2000 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
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 2000
- 7 January 2000 — lunar 1999 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1999 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2000 at 09:00:42 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 2000 at 02:23:03 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 January 2000 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 January 2000 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 January 2000 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.