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January 2019 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 13 Jan. New moon: 6 Jan. Full moon: 21 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2018 month 11 into 2018 month 12 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 23:38:58 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 16:59:34 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 January 2019 closes lunar 2018 month 11; lunar 2018 month 12 begins 6 January 2019.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2019 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/26戊戌Earth Dog211/27己亥Earth Pig311/28庚子Metal Rat411/29辛丑Metal Ox511/30壬寅Water TigerMinor Cold12/1癸卯Water RabbitLunar month opens712/2甲辰Wood Dragon812/3乙巳Wood Snake912/4丙午Fire Horse1012/5丁未Fire Goat1112/6戊申Earth Monkey1212/7己酉Earth Rooster12/8庚戌Metal Dog1412/9辛亥Metal Pig1512/10壬子Water Rat1612/11癸丑Water Ox1712/12甲寅Wood Tiger1812/13乙卯Wood Rabbit1912/14丙辰Fire Dragon12/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-monthMajor Cold2112/16戊午Earth Horse2212/17己未Earth Goat2312/18庚申Metal Monkey2412/19辛酉Metal Rooster2512/20壬戌Water Dog2612/21癸亥Water Pig12/22甲子Wood Rat2812/23乙丑Wood Ox2912/24丙寅Fire Tiger3012/25丁卯Fire Rabbit3112/26戊辰Earth DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2019 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 2019
- 6 January 2019 — lunar 2018 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2018 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2019 at 23:38:58 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2019 at 16:59:34 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 January 2019 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 20 January 2019 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 January 2019 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.