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January 2010 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 22 Jan. Full moon: 1 Jan. New moon: 15 Jan. Full moon: 30 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2009 month 11 into 2009 month 12 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 19:08:47 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 12:27:42 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 January 2010 closes lunar 2009 month 11; lunar 2009 month 12 begins 15 January 2010.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 2010 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2010 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 2010
- 15 January 2010 — lunar 2009 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2009 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2010 at 19:08:47 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2010 at 12:27:42 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 January 2010 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 29 January 2010 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 January 2010 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.