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December 1976 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 7 Dec. New moon: 21 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1976 month 10 into 1976 month 11 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 07:40:56 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 01:35:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 December 1976 closes lunar 1976 month 10; lunar 1976 month 11 begins 21 December 1976.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1976
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 8 (29 days).
December 1976 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/11丁亥Fire Pig210/12戊子Earth Rat310/13己丑Earth Ox410/14庚寅Metal Tiger10/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month610/16壬辰Water Dragon710/17癸巳Water SnakeMajor Snow810/18甲午Wood Horse910/19乙未Wood Goat1010/20丙申Fire Monkey1110/21丁酉Fire Rooster10/22戊戌Earth Dog1310/23己亥Earth Pig1410/24庚子Metal Rat1510/25辛丑Metal Ox1610/26壬寅Water Tiger1710/27癸卯Water Rabbit1810/28甲辰Wood Dragon10/29乙巳Wood Snake2010/30丙午Fire Horse2111/1丁未Fire GoatLunar month opens11/2戊申Earth MonkeyWinter Solstice2311/3己酉Earth Rooster2411/4庚戌Metal Dog2511/5辛亥Metal Pig11/6壬子Water Rat2711/7癸丑Water Ox2811/8甲寅Wood Tiger2911/9乙卯Wood Rabbit3011/10丙辰Fire Dragon3111/11丁巳Fire SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1976 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/17
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
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 1976
- 21 December 1976 — lunar 1976 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1976 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1976 at 07:40:56 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1976 at 01:35:06 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 December 1976 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 1976 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1976 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.