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December 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 8 Dec. Full moon: 22 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1961 month 10 into 1961 month 11 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 16:25:54 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 10:19:26 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 December 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 10; lunar 1961 month 11 begins 8 December 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/24戊辰Earth Dragon210/25己巳Earth Snake10/26庚午Metal Horse410/27辛未Metal Goat510/28壬申Water Monkey610/29癸酉Water Rooster710/30甲戌Wood DogMajor Snow811/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens911/2丙子Fire Rat11/3丁丑Fire Ox1111/4戊寅Earth Tiger1211/5己卯Earth Rabbit1311/6庚辰Metal Dragon1411/7辛巳Metal Snake1511/8壬午Water Horse1611/9癸未Water Goat11/10甲申Wood Monkey1811/11乙酉Wood Rooster1911/12丙戌Fire Dog2011/13丁亥Fire Pig2111/14戊子Earth Rat11/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-monthWinter Solstice2311/16庚寅Metal Tiger11/17辛卯Metal Rabbit2511/18壬辰Water Dragon2611/19癸巳Water Snake2711/20甲午Wood Horse2811/21乙未Wood Goat2911/22丙申Fire Monkey3011/23丁酉Fire Rooster11/24戊戌Earth DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1961 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 1961
- 8 December 1961 — lunar 1961 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1961 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1961 at 16:25:54 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1961 at 10:19:26 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 December 1961 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1961 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.