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December 1942 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 8 Dec. Full moon: 22 Dec. Major Snow: 8 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1942 month 10 into 1942 month 11 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 8 at 01:46:47 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 19:39:31 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 December 1942 closes lunar 1942 month 10; lunar 1942 month 11 begins 8 December 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1942
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 1942 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/24戊子Earth Rat210/25己丑Earth Ox310/26庚寅Metal Tiger410/27辛卯Metal Rabbit510/28壬辰Water Dragon10/29癸巳Water Snake710/30甲午Wood Horse811/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opensMajor Snow911/2丙申Fire Monkey1011/3丁酉Fire Rooster1111/4戊戌Earth Dog1211/5己亥Earth Pig11/6庚子Metal Rat1411/7辛丑Metal Ox1511/8壬寅Water Tiger1611/9癸卯Water Rabbit1711/10甲辰Wood Dragon1811/11乙巳Wood Snake1911/12丙午Fire Horse11/13丁未Fire Goat2111/14戊申Earth Monkey11/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-monthWinter Solstice2311/16庚戌Metal Dog2411/17辛亥Metal Pig2511/18壬子Water Rat2611/19癸丑Water Ox11/20甲寅Wood Tiger2811/21乙卯Wood Rabbit2911/22丙辰Fire Dragon3011/23丁巳Fire Snake3111/24戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1942 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 1942
- 8 December 1942 — lunar 1942 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1942 month 11 opens.
- 8 December 1942 at 01:46:47 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1942 at 19:39:31 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 December 1942 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1942 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.

