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December 1987 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 5 Dec. New moon: 21 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1987 month 10 into 1987 month 11 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 23:52:12 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 17:45:52 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 December 1987 closes lunar 1987 month 10; lunar 1987 month 11 begins 21 December 1987.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
December 1987 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/11甲申Wood Monkey210/12乙酉Wood Rooster310/13丙戌Fire Dog410/14丁亥Fire Pig510/15戊子Earth RatLunar mid-month10/16己丑Earth Ox710/17庚寅Metal TigerMajor Snow810/18辛卯Metal Rabbit910/19壬辰Water Dragon1010/20癸巳Water Snake1110/21甲午Wood Horse1210/22乙未Wood Goat10/23丙申Fire Monkey1410/24丁酉Fire Rooster1510/25戊戌Earth Dog1610/26己亥Earth Pig1710/27庚子Metal Rat1810/28辛丑Metal Ox1910/29壬寅Water Tiger10/30癸卯Water Rabbit2111/1甲辰Wood DragonLunar month opens11/2乙巳Wood SnakeWinter Solstice2311/3丙午Fire Horse2411/4丁未Fire Goat2511/5戊申Earth Monkey2611/6己酉Earth Rooster11/7庚戌Metal Dog2811/8辛亥Metal Pig2911/9壬子Water Rat3011/10癸丑Water Ox3111/11甲寅Wood TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1987 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
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 1987
- 21 December 1987 — lunar 1987 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1987 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1987 at 23:52:12 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1987 at 17:45:52 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 December 1987 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 1987 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1987 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.