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February 2020 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 8 Feb. Full moon: 9 Feb. New moon: 23 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2020 month 1 into 2020 month 2 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 17:03:19 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 12:57:00 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 22 February 2020 closes lunar 2020 month 1; lunar 2020 month 2 begins 23 February 2020.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2020
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
February 2020 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/8甲戌Wood Dog1/9乙亥Wood Pig31/10丙子Fire Rat41/11丁丑Fire OxBeginning of Spring51/12戊寅Earth Tiger61/13己卯Earth Rabbit71/14庚辰Metal Dragon1/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month1/16壬午Water Horse101/17癸未Water Goat111/18甲申Wood Monkey121/19乙酉Wood Rooster131/20丙戌Fire Dog141/21丁亥Fire Pig151/22戊子Earth Rat1/23己丑Earth Ox171/24庚寅Metal Tiger181/25辛卯Metal Rabbit191/26壬辰Water DragonRain Water201/27癸巳Water Snake211/28甲午Wood Horse221/29乙未Wood Goat2/1丙申Fire MonkeyLunar month opens242/2丁酉Fire Rooster252/3戊戌Earth Dog262/4己亥Earth Pig272/5庚子Metal Rat282/6辛丑Metal Ox292/7壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2020 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
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 2020
- 23 February 2020 — lunar 2020 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2020 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 2020 at 17:03:19 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2020 at 12:57:00 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 February 2020 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 February 2020 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 8 February 2020 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.