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December 1940 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 15 Dec. New moon: 29 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1940 month 11 into 1940 month 12 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 13:57:51 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 07:54:41 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 December 1940 closes lunar 1940 month 11; lunar 1940 month 12 begins 29 December 1940.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1940
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1940 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/3戊寅Earth Tiger211/4己卯Earth Rabbit311/5庚辰Metal Dragon411/6辛巳Metal Snake511/7壬午Water Horse611/8癸未Water Goat711/9甲申Wood MonkeyMajor Snow11/10乙酉Wood Rooster911/11丙戌Fire Dog1011/12丁亥Fire Pig1111/13戊子Earth Rat1211/14己丑Earth Ox1311/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month1411/16辛卯Metal Rabbit11/17壬辰Water Dragon1611/18癸巳Water Snake1711/19甲午Wood Horse1811/20乙未Wood Goat1911/21丙申Fire Monkey2011/22丁酉Fire Rooster2111/23戊戌Earth Dog11/24己亥Earth PigWinter Solstice2311/25庚子Metal Rat2411/26辛丑Metal Ox2511/27壬寅Water Tiger2611/28癸卯Water Rabbit2711/29甲辰Wood Dragon2811/30乙巳Wood Snake12/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opens3012/2丁未Fire Goat3112/3戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1940 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
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 December 1940
- 29 December 1940 — lunar 1940 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1940 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1940 at 13:57:51 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1940 at 07:54:41 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 December 1940 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 December 1940 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1940 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.