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January 2018 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 24 Jan. Full moon: 2 Jan. New moon: 17 Jan. Full moon: 31 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2017 month 11 into 2017 month 12 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 17:48:45 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 11:09:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 January 2018 closes lunar 2017 month 11; lunar 2017 month 12 begins 17 January 2018.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
January 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2018 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 2018
- 17 January 2018 — lunar 2017 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2017 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2018 at 17:48:45 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2018 at 11:09:02 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 January 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 2018 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 31 January 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 January 2018 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.