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December 1990 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 2 Dec. New moon: 17 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1990 month 10 into 1990 month 11 · Yang Metal Horse 庚午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 17:14:10 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 11:06:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 December 1990 closes lunar 1990 month 10; lunar 1990 month 11 begins 17 December 1990.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1990
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
December 1990 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/15庚子Metal RatLunar mid-month10/16辛丑Metal Ox310/17壬寅Water Tiger410/18癸卯Water Rabbit510/19甲辰Wood Dragon610/20乙巳Wood Snake710/21丙午Fire HorseMajor Snow810/22丁未Fire Goat10/23戊申Earth Monkey1010/24己酉Earth Rooster1110/25庚戌Metal Dog1210/26辛亥Metal Pig1310/27壬子Water Rat1410/28癸丑Water Ox1510/29甲寅Wood Tiger10/30乙卯Wood Rabbit1711/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens1811/2丁巳Fire Snake1911/3戊午Earth Horse2011/4己未Earth Goat2111/5庚申Metal Monkey11/6辛酉Metal RoosterWinter Solstice11/7壬戌Water Dog2411/8癸亥Water Pig2511/9甲子Wood Rat2611/10乙丑Wood Ox2711/11丙寅Fire Tiger2811/12丁卯Fire Rabbit2911/13戊辰Earth Dragon11/14己巳Earth Snake3111/15庚午Metal HorseLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1990 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
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 1990
- 17 December 1990 — lunar 1990 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1990 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1990 at 17:14:10 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1990 at 11:06:59 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 December 1990 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 December 1990 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 31 December 1990 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 1990 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.