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January 2044 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 7 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 29 Jan. Chinese New Year: 30 Jan. Full moon: 15 Jan. New moon: 30 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2043 month 12 into 2044 month 1 · Yin Water Pig 癸亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 01:12:34 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 18:37:29 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 29 January 2044 closes lunar 2043 month 12; lunar 2044 month 1 begins 30 January 2044.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2043
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 2044
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
January 2044 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2044 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 January 2044
- 30 January 2044 — lunar 2043 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2044 month 1 opens.
- 6 January 2044 at 01:12:34 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2044 at 18:37:29 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 January 2044 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 January 2044 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 7 January 2044 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 29 January 2044 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 30 January 2044 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.