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February 2023 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 5 Feb. Full moon: 6 Feb. New moon: 20 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2023 month 1 into 2023 month 2 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 10:42:33 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 06:34:17 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 February 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 1; lunar 2023 month 2 begins 20 February 2023.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2023
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
February 2023 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/11庚寅Metal Tiger21/12辛卯Metal Rabbit31/13壬辰Water Dragon41/14癸巳Water SnakeBeginning of Spring1/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-month61/16乙未Wood Goat71/17丙申Fire Monkey81/18丁酉Fire Rooster91/19戊戌Earth Dog101/20己亥Earth Pig111/21庚子Metal Rat1/22辛丑Metal Ox131/23壬寅Water Tiger141/24癸卯Water Rabbit151/25甲辰Wood Dragon161/26乙巳Wood Snake171/27丙午Fire Horse181/28丁未Fire Goat1/29戊申Earth MonkeyRain Water202/1己酉Earth RoosterLunar month opens212/2庚戌Metal Dog222/3辛亥Metal Pig232/4壬子Water Rat242/5癸丑Water Ox252/6甲寅Wood Tiger2/7乙卯Wood Rabbit272/8丙辰Fire Dragon282/9丁巳Fire SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2023 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 2023
- 20 February 2023 — lunar 2023 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2023 month 2 opens.
- 4 February 2023 at 10:42:33 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2023 at 06:34:17 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 February 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 February 2023 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 5 February 2023 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.