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December 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Laba Festival: 31 Dec. Full moon: 10 Dec. New moon: 24 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1973 month 11 into 1973 month 12 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 14:10:23 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 08:07:41 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 December 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 11; lunar 1973 month 12 begins 24 December 1973.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1973 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
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 1973
- 24 December 1973 — lunar 1973 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1973 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1973 at 14:10:23 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1973 at 08:07:41 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 December 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 December 1973 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1973 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.
- 31 December 1973 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.