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December 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 11 Dec. Full moon: 25 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 1996 month 10 into 1996 month 11 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 04:14:00 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 22:05:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 December 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 10; lunar 1996 month 11 begins 11 December 1996.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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10/21壬申Water Monkey210/22癸酉Water Rooster310/23甲戌Wood Dog410/24乙亥Wood Pig510/25丙子Fire Rat610/26丁丑Fire Ox710/27戊寅Earth TigerMajor Snow10/28己卯Earth Rabbit910/29庚辰Metal Dragon1010/30辛巳Metal Snake1111/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opens1211/2癸未Water Goat1311/3甲申Wood Monkey1411/4乙酉Wood Rooster11/5丙戌Fire Dog1611/6丁亥Fire Pig1711/7戊子Earth Rat1811/8己丑Earth Ox1911/9庚寅Metal Tiger2011/10辛卯Metal Rabbit11/11壬辰Water DragonWinter Solstice11/12癸巳Water Snake2311/13甲午Wood Horse2411/14乙未Wood Goat2511/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month2611/16丁酉Fire Rooster2711/17戊戌Earth Dog2811/18己亥Earth Pig11/19庚子Metal Rat3011/20辛丑Metal Ox3111/21壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1996 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 1996
- 11 December 1996 — lunar 1996 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1996 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1996 at 04:14:00 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 1996 at 22:05:53 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 December 1996 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 25 December 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 1996 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.