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December 1997 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 14 Dec. New moon: 30 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1997 month 11 into 1997 month 12 · Yin Fire Ox 丁丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 10:04:52 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 04:07:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 29 December 1997 closes lunar 1997 month 11; lunar 1997 month 12 begins 30 December 1997.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1997
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 1997 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/2丁丑Fire Ox211/3戊寅Earth Tiger311/4己卯Earth Rabbit411/5庚辰Metal Dragon511/6辛巳Metal Snake611/7壬午Water Horse11/8癸未Water GoatMajor Snow811/9甲申Wood Monkey911/10乙酉Wood Rooster1011/11丙戌Fire Dog1111/12丁亥Fire Pig1211/13戊子Earth Rat1311/14己丑Earth Ox11/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month1511/16辛卯Metal Rabbit1611/17壬辰Water Dragon1711/18癸巳Water Snake1811/19甲午Wood Horse1911/20乙未Wood Goat2011/21丙申Fire Monkey11/22丁酉Fire Rooster11/23戊戌Earth DogWinter Solstice2311/24己亥Earth Pig2411/25庚子Metal Rat2511/26辛丑Metal Ox2611/27壬寅Water Tiger2711/28癸卯Water Rabbit11/29甲辰Wood Dragon2911/30乙巳Wood Snake3012/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opens3112/2丁未Fire GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1997 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 1997
- 30 December 1997 — lunar 1997 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1997 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 1997 at 10:04:52 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1997 at 04:07:02 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 December 1997 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 December 1997 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 1997 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.