The Lunar New Year is determined by cycles of the moon and therefore the dates are movable, each new year commencing on the new moon which occurred in the late January or February of the Western Calendar. It is not the "Chinese New Year" but the "Lunar New Year" as the date is celebrated by many others besides the Chinese. The Lunar New Year Festival Details The first day of the lunar year is the "Lunar New Year." There are 12 lunar months in the year and by definition the evening of the first day of the month is the darkest night of the month. As the nights progress, the moon becomes fuller and fuller until the fifteenth of the month when there is a "full moon," the brightest evening of the month.
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