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December 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 9 Dec. Full moon: 23 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 1988 month 10 into 1988 month 11 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 05:34:28 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 23:27:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 December 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 10; lunar 1988 month 11 begins 9 December 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/23庚寅Metal Tiger210/24辛卯Metal Rabbit310/25壬辰Water Dragon10/26癸巳Water Snake510/27甲午Wood Horse610/28乙未Wood Goat710/29丙申Fire MonkeyMajor Snow810/30丁酉Fire Rooster911/1戊戌Earth DogLunar month opens1011/2己亥Earth Pig11/3庚子Metal Rat1211/4辛丑Metal Ox1311/5壬寅Water Tiger1411/6癸卯Water Rabbit1511/7甲辰Wood Dragon1611/8乙巳Wood Snake1711/9丙午Fire Horse11/10丁未Fire Goat1911/11戊申Earth Monkey2011/12己酉Earth Rooster11/13庚戌Metal DogWinter Solstice2211/14辛亥Metal Pig2311/15壬子Water RatLunar mid-month2411/16癸丑Water Ox11/17甲寅Wood Tiger2611/18乙卯Wood Rabbit2711/19丙辰Fire Dragon2811/20丁巳Fire Snake2911/21戊午Earth Horse3011/22己未Earth Goat3111/23庚申Metal MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1988 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 1988
- 9 December 1988 — lunar 1988 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1988 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1988 at 05:34:28 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 1988 at 23:27:53 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 December 1988 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 23 December 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 1988 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.