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December 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 2 Dec. Full moon: 18 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1956 month 10 into 1956 month 11 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 11:02:06 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 04:59:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 1 December 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 10; lunar 1956 month 11 begins 2 December 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/29壬寅Water Tiger11/1癸卯Water RabbitLunar month opens311/2甲辰Wood Dragon411/3乙巳Wood Snake511/4丙午Fire Horse611/5丁未Fire Goat711/6戊申Earth MonkeyMajor Snow811/7己酉Earth Rooster11/8庚戌Metal Dog1011/9辛亥Metal Pig1111/10壬子Water Rat1211/11癸丑Water Ox1311/12甲寅Wood Tiger1411/13乙卯Wood Rabbit1511/14丙辰Fire Dragon11/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-month1711/16戊午Earth Horse1811/17己未Earth Goat1911/18庚申Metal Monkey2011/19辛酉Metal Rooster2111/20壬戌Water Dog11/21癸亥Water PigWinter Solstice11/22甲子Wood Rat2411/23乙丑Wood Ox2511/24丙寅Fire Tiger2611/25丁卯Fire Rabbit2711/26戊辰Earth Dragon2811/27己巳Earth Snake2911/28庚午Metal Horse11/29辛未Metal Goat3111/30壬申Water MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1956 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
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 1956
- 2 December 1956 — lunar 1956 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1956 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1956 at 11:02:06 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1956 at 04:59:27 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 December 1956 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 16 December 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1956 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.