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February 2012 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 6 Feb. Full moon: 8 Feb. New moon: 22 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2012 month 1 into 2012 month 2 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 18:22:24 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 14:17:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 February 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 1; lunar 2012 month 2 begins 22 February 2012.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
February 2012 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/10壬辰Water Dragon21/11癸巳Water Snake31/12甲午Wood Horse41/13乙未Wood GoatBeginning of Spring1/14丙申Fire Monkey1/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month71/16戊戌Earth Dog81/17己亥Earth Pig91/18庚子Metal Rat101/19辛丑Metal Ox111/20壬寅Water Tiger1/21癸卯Water Rabbit131/22甲辰Wood Dragon141/23乙巳Wood Snake151/24丙午Fire Horse161/25丁未Fire Goat171/26戊申Earth Monkey181/27己酉Earth Rooster1/28庚戌Metal DogRain Water201/29辛亥Metal Pig211/30壬子Water Rat222/1癸丑Water OxLunar month opens232/2甲寅Wood Tiger242/3乙卯Wood Rabbit252/4丙辰Fire Dragon2/5丁巳Fire Snake272/6戊午Earth Horse282/7己未Earth Goat292/8庚申Metal MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2012 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
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 2012
- 22 February 2012 — lunar 2012 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2012 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 2012 at 18:22:24 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2012 at 14:17:36 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 February 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 February 2012 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 6 February 2012 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.