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January 2040 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 21 Jan. New moon: 14 Jan. Full moon: 29 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2039 month 11 into 2039 month 12 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 02:03:39 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 19:21:05 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 January 2040 closes lunar 2039 month 11; lunar 2039 month 12 begins 14 January 2040.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2039
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 2040 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/17戊子Earth Rat211/18己丑Earth Ox311/19庚寅Metal Tiger411/20辛卯Metal Rabbit511/21壬辰Water Dragon611/22癸巳Water SnakeMinor Cold711/23甲午Wood Horse11/24乙未Wood Goat911/25丙申Fire Monkey1011/26丁酉Fire Rooster1111/27戊戌Earth Dog1211/28己亥Earth Pig1311/29庚子Metal Rat1412/1辛丑Metal OxLunar month opens12/2壬寅Water Tiger1612/3癸卯Water Rabbit1712/4甲辰Wood Dragon1812/5乙巳Wood Snake1912/6丙午Fire Horse2012/7丁未Fire GoatMajor Cold12/8戊申Earth Monkey12/9己酉Earth Rooster2312/10庚戌Metal Dog2412/11辛亥Metal Pig2512/12壬子Water Rat2612/13癸丑Water Ox2712/14甲寅Wood Tiger2812/15乙卯Wood RabbitLunar mid-month12/16丙辰Fire Dragon3012/17丁巳Fire Snake3112/18戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2040 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 2040
- 14 January 2040 — lunar 2039 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2039 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2040 at 02:03:39 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2040 at 19:21:05 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 January 2040 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 28 January 2040 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 January 2040 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.