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December 1985 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 12 Dec. Full moon: 27 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1985 month 10 into 1985 month 11 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 12:16:21 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 06:07:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 December 1985 closes lunar 1985 month 10; lunar 1985 month 11 begins 12 December 1985.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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10/20甲戌Wood Dog210/21乙亥Wood Pig310/22丙子Fire Rat410/23丁丑Fire Ox510/24戊寅Earth Tiger610/25己卯Earth Rabbit710/26庚辰Metal DragonMajor Snow10/27辛巳Metal Snake910/28壬午Water Horse1010/29癸未Water Goat1110/30甲申Wood Monkey1211/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens1311/2丙戌Fire Dog1411/3丁亥Fire Pig11/4戊子Earth Rat1611/5己丑Earth Ox1711/6庚寅Metal Tiger1811/7辛卯Metal Rabbit1911/8壬辰Water Dragon2011/9癸巳Water Snake2111/10甲午Wood Horse11/11乙未Wood GoatWinter Solstice2311/12丙申Fire Monkey2411/13丁酉Fire Rooster2511/14戊戌Earth Dog2611/15己亥Earth PigLunar mid-month2711/16庚子Metal Rat2811/17辛丑Metal Ox11/18壬寅Water Tiger3011/19癸卯Water Rabbit3111/20甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1985 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 1985
- 12 December 1985 — lunar 1985 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1985 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1985 at 12:16:21 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1985 at 06:07:40 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 December 1985 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 26 December 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1985 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.