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February 2009 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 9 Feb. Full moon: 9 Feb. New moon: 25 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 18 Feb.
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Lunar 2009 month 1 into 2009 month 2 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Tiger · 丙寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 00:49:48 UTC+8; Rain Water · 18 at 20:46:07 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 February 2009 closes lunar 2009 month 1; lunar 2009 month 2 begins 25 February 2009.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
February 2009 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/7丁丑Fire Ox21/8戊寅Earth Tiger31/9己卯Earth Rabbit41/10庚辰Metal DragonBeginning of Spring51/11辛巳Metal Snake61/12壬午Water Horse71/13癸未Water Goat1/14甲申Wood Monkey1/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month101/16丙戌Fire Dog111/17丁亥Fire Pig121/18戊子Earth Rat131/19己丑Earth Ox141/20庚寅Metal Tiger1/21辛卯Metal Rabbit161/22壬辰Water Dragon171/23癸巳Water Snake181/24甲午Wood HorseRain Water191/25乙未Wood Goat201/26丙申Fire Monkey211/27丁酉Fire Rooster1/28戊戌Earth Dog231/29己亥Earth Pig241/30庚子Metal Rat252/1辛丑Metal OxLunar month opens262/2壬寅Water Tiger272/3癸卯Water Rabbit282/4甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2009 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 2009
- 25 February 2009 — lunar 2009 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2009 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 2009 at 00:49:48 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 18 February 2009 at 20:46:07 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 February 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 February 2009 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 9 February 2009 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.