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December 1979 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 4 Dec. New moon: 19 Dec. Major Snow: 8 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1979 month 10 into 1979 month 11 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 8 at 01:17:48 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 19:09:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 December 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 10; lunar 1979 month 11 begins 19 December 1979.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
December 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/12壬寅Water Tiger10/13癸卯Water Rabbit310/14甲辰Wood Dragon410/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month510/16丙午Fire Horse610/17丁未Fire Goat710/18戊申Earth Monkey810/19己酉Earth RoosterMajor Snow10/20庚戌Metal Dog1010/21辛亥Metal Pig1110/22壬子Water Rat1210/23癸丑Water Ox1310/24甲寅Wood Tiger1410/25乙卯Wood Rabbit1510/26丙辰Fire Dragon10/27丁巳Fire Snake1710/28戊午Earth Horse1810/29己未Earth Goat1911/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens2011/2辛酉Metal Rooster2111/3壬戌Water Dog11/4癸亥Water PigWinter Solstice11/5甲子Wood Rat2411/6乙丑Wood Ox2511/7丙寅Fire Tiger2611/8丁卯Fire Rabbit2711/9戊辰Earth Dragon2811/10己巳Earth Snake2911/11庚午Metal Horse11/12辛未Metal Goat3111/13壬申Water MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1979 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/22
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 1979
- 19 December 1979 — lunar 1979 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1979 month 11 opens.
- 8 December 1979 at 01:17:48 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1979 at 19:09:45 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 December 1979 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1979 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.