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December 1981 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 11 Dec. New moon: 26 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1981 month 11 into 1981 month 12 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 12:51:15 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 06:50:31 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 December 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 11; lunar 1981 month 12 begins 26 December 1981.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/6癸丑Water Ox211/7甲寅Wood Tiger311/8乙卯Wood Rabbit411/9丙辰Fire Dragon511/10丁巳Fire Snake11/11戊午Earth Horse711/12己未Earth GoatMajor Snow811/13庚申Metal Monkey911/14辛酉Metal Rooster1011/15壬戌Water DogLunar mid-month1111/16癸亥Water Pig1211/17甲子Wood Rat11/18乙丑Wood Ox1411/19丙寅Fire Tiger1511/20丁卯Fire Rabbit1611/21戊辰Earth Dragon1711/22己巳Earth Snake1811/23庚午Metal Horse1911/24辛未Metal Goat11/25壬申Water Monkey2111/26癸酉Water Rooster11/27甲戌Wood DogWinter Solstice2311/28乙亥Wood Pig2411/29丙子Fire Rat2511/30丁丑Fire Ox2612/1戊寅Earth TigerLunar month opens12/2己卯Earth Rabbit2812/3庚辰Metal Dragon2912/4辛巳Metal Snake3012/5壬午Water Horse3112/6癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/10
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 1981
- 26 December 1981 — lunar 1981 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1981 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1981 at 12:51:15 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1981 at 06:50:31 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 December 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 December 1981 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1981 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.