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December 1953 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 6 Dec. Full moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1953 month 10 into 1953 month 11 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 17:36:59 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 11:31:25 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 December 1953 closes lunar 1953 month 10; lunar 1953 month 11 begins 6 December 1953.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1953 day by day
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110/25丙戌Fire Dog210/26丁亥Fire Pig310/27戊子Earth Rat410/28己丑Earth Ox510/29庚寅Metal Tiger11/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens711/2壬辰Water DragonMajor Snow811/3癸巳Water Snake911/4甲午Wood Horse1011/5乙未Wood Goat1111/6丙申Fire Monkey1211/7丁酉Fire Rooster11/8戊戌Earth Dog1411/9己亥Earth Pig1511/10庚子Metal Rat1611/11辛丑Metal Ox1711/12壬寅Water Tiger1811/13癸卯Water Rabbit1911/14甲辰Wood Dragon11/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month2111/16丙午Fire Horse11/17丁未Fire GoatWinter Solstice2311/18戊申Earth Monkey2411/19己酉Earth Rooster2511/20庚戌Metal Dog2611/21辛亥Metal Pig11/22壬子Water Rat2811/23癸丑Water Ox2911/24甲寅Wood Tiger3011/25乙卯Wood Rabbit3111/26丙辰Fire DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1953 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 1953
- 6 December 1953 — lunar 1953 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1953 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1953 at 17:36:59 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1953 at 11:31:25 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 December 1953 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 20 December 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1953 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.