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February 2040 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 11 Feb. Chinese New Year: 12 Feb. Lantern Festival: 26 Feb. New moon: 12 Feb. Full moon: 28 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.
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Lunar 2039 month 12 into 2040 month 1 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 4 at 13:39:56 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 09:23:51 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 February 2040 closes lunar 2039 month 12; lunar 2040 month 1 begins 12 February 2040.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2039
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
Lunar 2040
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
February 2040 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2040 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
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 2040
- 12 February 2040 — lunar 2039 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2040 month 1 opens.
- 4 February 2040 at 13:39:56 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 19 February 2040 at 09:23:51 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 February 2040 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 26 February 2040 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 February 2040 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 12 February 2040 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
- 26 February 2040 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.