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February 2017 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 11 Feb. Full moon: 11 Feb. New moon: 26 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 3 Feb. Rain Water: 18 Feb.
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Lunar 2017 month 1 into 2017 month 2 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 3 at 23:34:04 UTC+8; Rain Water · 18 at 19:31:19 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 February 2017 closes lunar 2017 month 1; lunar 2017 month 2 begins 26 February 2017.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
February 2017 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/5己未Earth Goat21/6庚申Metal Monkey31/7辛酉Metal RoosterBeginning of Spring41/8壬戌Water Dog1/9癸亥Water Pig61/10甲子Wood Rat71/11乙丑Wood Ox81/12丙寅Fire Tiger91/13丁卯Fire Rabbit101/14戊辰Earth Dragon1/15己巳Earth SnakeLunar mid-month1/16庚午Metal Horse131/17辛未Metal Goat141/18壬申Water Monkey151/19癸酉Water Rooster161/20甲戌Wood Dog171/21乙亥Wood Pig181/22丙子Fire RatRain Water1/23丁丑Fire Ox201/24戊寅Earth Tiger211/25己卯Earth Rabbit221/26庚辰Metal Dragon231/27辛巳Metal Snake241/28壬午Water Horse251/29癸未Water Goat2/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens272/2乙酉Wood Rooster282/3丙戌Fire DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2017 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
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 2017
- 26 February 2017 — lunar 2017 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2017 month 2 opens.
- 3 February 2017 at 23:34:04 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 18 February 2017 at 19:31:19 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 February 2017 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 February 2017 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 11 February 2017 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.