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December 1966 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 12 Dec. Full moon: 28 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1966 month 10 into 1966 month 11 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 21:37:45 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 15:28:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 December 1966 closes lunar 1966 month 10; lunar 1966 month 11 begins 12 December 1966.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1966
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (29 days).
December 1966 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/20甲午Wood Horse210/21乙未Wood Goat310/22丙申Fire Monkey10/23丁酉Fire Rooster510/24戊戌Earth Dog610/25己亥Earth Pig710/26庚子Metal RatMajor Snow810/27辛丑Metal Ox910/28壬寅Water Tiger1010/29癸卯Water Rabbit10/30甲辰Wood Dragon1211/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens1311/2丙午Fire Horse1411/3丁未Fire Goat1511/4戊申Earth Monkey1611/5己酉Earth Rooster1711/6庚戌Metal Dog11/7辛亥Metal Pig1911/8壬子Water Rat2011/9癸丑Water Ox2111/10甲寅Wood Tiger11/11乙卯Wood RabbitWinter Solstice2311/12丙辰Fire Dragon2411/13丁巳Fire Snake11/14戊午Earth Horse2611/15己未Earth GoatLunar mid-month2711/16庚申Metal Monkey2811/17辛酉Metal Rooster2911/18壬戌Water Dog3011/19癸亥Water Pig3111/20甲子Wood RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1966 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
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 1966
- 12 December 1966 — lunar 1966 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1966 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1966 at 21:37:45 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1966 at 15:28:08 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 December 1966 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 26 December 1966 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1966 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.