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January 2008 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 15 Jan. New moon: 8 Jan. Full moon: 22 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 2007 month 11 into 2007 month 12 · Yin Fire Pig 丁亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 07:24:50 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 00:43:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 January 2008 closes lunar 2007 month 11; lunar 2007 month 12 begins 8 January 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2007
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/23庚子Metal Rat211/24辛丑Metal Ox311/25壬寅Water Tiger411/26癸卯Water Rabbit511/27甲辰Wood Dragon11/28乙巳Wood SnakeMinor Cold711/29丙午Fire Horse812/1丁未Fire GoatLunar month opens912/2戊申Earth Monkey1012/3己酉Earth Rooster1112/4庚戌Metal Dog1212/5辛亥Metal Pig12/6壬子Water Rat1412/7癸丑Water Ox12/8甲寅Wood Tiger1612/9乙卯Wood Rabbit1712/10丙辰Fire Dragon1812/11丁巳Fire Snake1912/12戊午Earth Horse12/13己未Earth Goat2112/14庚申Metal MonkeyMajor Cold2212/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month2312/16壬戌Water Dog2412/17癸亥Water Pig2512/18甲子Wood Rat2612/19乙丑Wood Ox12/20丙寅Fire Tiger2812/21丁卯Fire Rabbit2912/22戊辰Earth Dragon3012/23己巳Earth Snake3112/24庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2008 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 2008
- 8 January 2008 — lunar 2007 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2007 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2008 at 07:24:50 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 2008 at 00:43:32 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 2008 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 January 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 January 2008 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.