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December 1938 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 7 Dec. New moon: 22 Dec. Major Snow: 8 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1938 month 10 into 1938 month 11 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 8 at 02:21:58 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 20:13:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 December 1938 closes lunar 1938 month 10; lunar 1938 month 11 begins 22 December 1938.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1938
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (30 days).
December 1938 day by day
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110/10丁卯Fire Rabbit210/11戊辰Earth Dragon310/12己巳Earth Snake10/13庚午Metal Horse510/14辛未Metal Goat610/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month710/16癸酉Water Rooster810/17甲戌Wood DogMajor Snow910/18乙亥Wood Pig1010/19丙子Fire Rat10/20丁丑Fire Ox1210/21戊寅Earth Tiger1310/22己卯Earth Rabbit1410/23庚辰Metal Dragon1510/24辛巳Metal Snake1610/25壬午Water Horse1710/26癸未Water Goat10/27甲申Wood Monkey1910/28乙酉Wood Rooster2010/29丙戌Fire Dog2110/30丁亥Fire Pig11/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opensWinter Solstice2311/2己丑Earth Ox2411/3庚寅Metal Tiger11/4辛卯Metal Rabbit2611/5壬辰Water Dragon2711/6癸巳Water Snake2811/7甲午Wood Horse2911/8乙未Wood Goat3011/9丙申Fire Monkey3111/10丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1938 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
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 December 1938
- 22 December 1938 — lunar 1938 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1938 month 11 opens.
- 8 December 1938 at 02:21:58 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1938 at 20:13:21 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 December 1938 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1938 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1938 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.