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January 2038 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 12 Jan. New moon: 5 Jan. Full moon: 21 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2037 month 11 into 2037 month 12 · Yin Fire Snake 丁巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 14:26:49 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 07:48:52 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 January 2038 closes lunar 2037 month 11; lunar 2037 month 12 begins 5 January 2038.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2037
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2038 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/26戊寅Earth Tiger211/27己卯Earth Rabbit11/28庚辰Metal Dragon411/29辛巳Metal Snake512/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opensMinor Cold612/2癸未Water Goat712/3甲申Wood Monkey812/4乙酉Wood Rooster912/5丙戌Fire Dog12/6丁亥Fire Pig1112/7戊子Earth Rat12/8己丑Earth Ox1312/9庚寅Metal Tiger1412/10辛卯Metal Rabbit1512/11壬辰Water Dragon1612/12癸巳Water Snake12/13甲午Wood Horse1812/14乙未Wood Goat1912/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month2012/16丁酉Fire RoosterMajor Cold2112/17戊戌Earth Dog2212/18己亥Earth Pig2312/19庚子Metal Rat12/20辛丑Metal Ox2512/21壬寅Water Tiger2612/22癸卯Water Rabbit2712/23甲辰Wood Dragon2812/24乙巳Wood Snake2912/25丙午Fire Horse3012/26丁未Fire Goat12/27戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2038 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
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 2038
- 5 January 2038 — lunar 2037 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2037 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2038 at 14:26:49 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2038 at 07:48:52 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 2038 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 19 January 2038 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 January 2038 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.