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December 1972 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 6 Dec. Full moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1972 month 10 into 1972 month 11 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 08:18:42 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 02:12:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 December 1972 closes lunar 1972 month 10; lunar 1972 month 11 begins 6 December 1972.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1972
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1972 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/26丙寅Fire Tiger210/27丁卯Fire Rabbit10/28戊辰Earth Dragon410/29己巳Earth Snake510/30庚午Metal Horse611/1辛未Metal GoatLunar month opens711/2壬申Water MonkeyMajor Snow811/3癸酉Water Rooster911/4甲戌Wood Dog11/5乙亥Wood Pig1111/6丙子Fire Rat1211/7丁丑Fire Ox1311/8戊寅Earth Tiger1411/9己卯Earth Rabbit1511/10庚辰Metal Dragon1611/11辛巳Metal Snake11/12壬午Water Horse1811/13癸未Water Goat1911/14甲申Wood Monkey2011/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month2111/16丙戌Fire Dog11/17丁亥Fire PigWinter Solstice2311/18戊子Earth Rat11/19己丑Earth Ox2511/20庚寅Metal Tiger2611/21辛卯Metal Rabbit2711/22壬辰Water Dragon2811/23癸巳Water Snake2911/24甲午Wood Horse3011/25乙未Wood Goat11/26丙申Fire MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1972 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
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 1972
- 6 December 1972 — lunar 1972 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1972 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1972 at 08:18:42 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1972 at 02:12:53 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 December 1972 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 20 December 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1972 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.