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December 1971 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 2 Dec. New moon: 18 Dec. Major Snow: 8 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1971 month 10 into 1971 month 11 · Yin Metal Pig 辛亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 8 at 02:35:42 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 20:23:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 December 1971 closes lunar 1971 month 10; lunar 1971 month 11 begins 18 December 1971.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1971
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
December 1971 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/14庚申Metal Monkey210/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month310/16壬戌Water Dog410/17癸亥Water Pig10/18甲子Wood Rat610/19乙丑Wood Ox710/20丙寅Fire Tiger810/21丁卯Fire RabbitMajor Snow910/22戊辰Earth Dragon1010/23己巳Earth Snake1110/24庚午Metal Horse10/25辛未Metal Goat1310/26壬申Water Monkey1410/27癸酉Water Rooster1510/28甲戌Wood Dog1610/29乙亥Wood Pig1710/30丙子Fire Rat1811/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens11/2戊寅Earth Tiger2011/3己卯Earth Rabbit2111/4庚辰Metal Dragon11/5辛巳Metal SnakeWinter Solstice2311/6壬午Water Horse2411/7癸未Water Goat2511/8甲申Wood Monkey11/9乙酉Wood Rooster2711/10丙戌Fire Dog2811/11丁亥Fire Pig2911/12戊子Earth Rat3011/13己丑Earth Ox3111/14庚寅Metal TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1971 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 1971
- 18 December 1971 — lunar 1971 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1971 month 11 opens.
- 8 December 1971 at 02:35:42 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1971 at 20:23:53 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 December 1971 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 December 1971 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1971 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.