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February 2018 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 15 Feb. Chinese New Year: 16 Feb. New moon: 16 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2017 month 12 into 2018 month 1 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 05:28:30 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 01:18:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 February 2018 closes lunar 2017 month 12; lunar 2018 month 1 begins 16 February 2018.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
February 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2018 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
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 2018
- 16 February 2018 — lunar 2017 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2018 month 1 opens.
- 4 February 2018 at 05:28:30 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2018 at 01:18:01 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 16 February 2018 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 15 February 2018 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 16 February 2018 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.