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December 1968 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 5 Dec. New moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1968 month 10 into 1968 month 11 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 09:08:15 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 02:59:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 December 1968 closes lunar 1968 month 10; lunar 1968 month 11 begins 20 December 1968.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1968
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
December 1968 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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10/12乙巳Wood Snake210/13丙午Fire Horse310/14丁未Fire Goat410/15戊申Earth MonkeyLunar mid-month510/16己酉Earth Rooster610/17庚戌Metal Dog710/18辛亥Metal PigMajor Snow10/19壬子Water Rat910/20癸丑Water Ox1010/21甲寅Wood Tiger1110/22乙卯Wood Rabbit1210/23丙辰Fire Dragon1310/24丁巳Fire Snake1410/25戊午Earth Horse10/26己未Earth Goat1610/27庚申Metal Monkey1710/28辛酉Metal Rooster1810/29壬戌Water Dog1910/30癸亥Water Pig2011/1甲子Wood RatLunar month opens2111/2乙丑Wood Ox11/3丙寅Fire TigerWinter Solstice2311/4丁卯Fire Rabbit2411/5戊辰Earth Dragon2511/6己巳Earth Snake2611/7庚午Metal Horse2711/8辛未Metal Goat2811/9壬申Water Monkey11/10癸酉Water Rooster3011/11甲戌Wood Dog3111/12乙亥Wood PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1968 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
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 1968
- 20 December 1968 — lunar 1968 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1968 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1968 at 09:08:15 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1968 at 02:59:45 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 1968 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 December 1968 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1968 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.