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December 1978 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 14 Dec. New moon: 30 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1978 month 11 into 1978 month 12 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 19:20:01 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 13:20:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 29 December 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 11; lunar 1978 month 12 begins 30 December 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/2丁酉Fire Rooster211/3戊戌Earth Dog11/4己亥Earth Pig411/5庚子Metal Rat511/6辛丑Metal Ox611/7壬寅Water Tiger711/8癸卯Water RabbitMajor Snow811/9甲辰Wood Dragon911/10乙巳Wood Snake11/11丙午Fire Horse1111/12丁未Fire Goat1211/13戊申Earth Monkey1311/14己酉Earth Rooster1411/15庚戌Metal DogLunar mid-month1511/16辛亥Metal Pig1611/17壬子Water Rat11/18癸丑Water Ox1811/19甲寅Wood Tiger1911/20乙卯Wood Rabbit2011/21丙辰Fire Dragon2111/22丁巳Fire Snake11/23戊午Earth HorseWinter Solstice2311/24己未Earth Goat11/25庚申Metal Monkey2511/26辛酉Metal Rooster2611/27壬戌Water Dog2711/28癸亥Water Pig2811/29甲子Wood Rat2911/30乙丑Wood Ox3012/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens12/2丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1978 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 1978
- 30 December 1978 — lunar 1978 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1978 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1978 at 19:20:01 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1978 at 13:20:57 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 December 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 December 1978 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1978 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.