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December 1986 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 2 Dec. Full moon: 16 Dec. New moon: 31 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1986 month 10 into 1986 month 11 into 1986 month 12 · Yang Fire Tiger 丙寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 18:00:56 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 12:02:07 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 1 December 1986 closes lunar 1986 month 10; lunar 1986 month 11 begins 2 December 1986. 30 December 1986 closes lunar 1986 month 11; lunar 1986 month 12 begins 31 December 1986.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1986
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1986 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1986 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 1986
- 2 December 1986 — lunar 1986 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1986 month 11 opens.
- 31 December 1986 — lunar 1986 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1986 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1986 at 18:00:56 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1986 at 12:02:07 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 December 1986 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 16 December 1986 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 December 1986 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1986 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.