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February 2010 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 13 Feb. Chinese New Year: 14 Feb. Lantern Festival: 28 Feb. New moon: 14 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2009 month 12 into 2010 month 1 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 06:47:51 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 02:35:38 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 February 2010 closes lunar 2009 month 12; lunar 2010 month 1 begins 14 February 2010.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
Lunar 2010
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
February 2010 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2010 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 February 2010
- 14 February 2010 — lunar 2009 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2010 month 1 opens.
- 4 February 2010 at 06:47:51 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2010 at 02:35:38 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 February 2010 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 28 February 2010 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 February 2010 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 14 February 2010 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
- 28 February 2010 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.