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January 2011 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 11 Jan. New moon: 4 Jan. Full moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2010 month 11 into 2010 month 12 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 00:54:37 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 18:18:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 January 2011 closes lunar 2010 month 11; lunar 2010 month 12 begins 4 January 2011.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2010
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2011 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/27丙辰Fire Dragon11/28丁巳Fire Snake311/29戊午Earth Horse412/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opens512/2庚申Metal Monkey612/3辛酉Metal RoosterMinor Cold712/4壬戌Water Dog812/5癸亥Water Pig12/6甲子Wood Rat1012/7乙丑Wood Ox12/8丙寅Fire Tiger1212/9丁卯Fire Rabbit1312/10戊辰Earth Dragon1412/11己巳Earth Snake1512/12庚午Metal Horse12/13辛未Metal Goat1712/14壬申Water Monkey1812/15癸酉Water RoosterLunar mid-month1912/16甲戌Wood Dog2012/17乙亥Wood PigMajor Cold2112/18丙子Fire Rat2212/19丁丑Fire Ox12/20戊寅Earth Tiger2412/21己卯Earth Rabbit2512/22庚辰Metal Dragon2612/23辛巳Metal Snake2712/24壬午Water Horse2812/25癸未Water Goat2912/26甲申Wood Monkey12/27乙酉Wood Rooster3112/28丙戌Fire DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2011 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
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 2011
- 4 January 2011 — lunar 2010 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2010 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2011 at 00:54:37 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2011 at 18:18:32 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 January 2011 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 18 January 2011 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 January 2011 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.