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December 1998 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 3 Dec. New moon: 19 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 1998 month 10 into 1998 month 11 · Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 16:01:35 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 09:56:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 December 1998 closes lunar 1998 month 10; lunar 1998 month 11 begins 19 December 1998.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1998
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
December 1998 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/13壬午Water Horse210/14癸未Water Goat310/15甲申Wood MonkeyLunar mid-month410/16乙酉Wood Rooster510/17丙戌Fire Dog10/18丁亥Fire Pig710/19戊子Earth RatMajor Snow810/20己丑Earth Ox910/21庚寅Metal Tiger1010/22辛卯Metal Rabbit1110/23壬辰Water Dragon1210/24癸巳Water Snake10/25甲午Wood Horse1410/26乙未Wood Goat1510/27丙申Fire Monkey1610/28丁酉Fire Rooster1710/29戊戌Earth Dog1810/30己亥Earth Pig1911/1庚子Metal RatLunar month opens11/2辛丑Metal Ox2111/3壬寅Water Tiger11/4癸卯Water RabbitWinter Solstice2311/5甲辰Wood Dragon2411/6乙巳Wood Snake2511/7丙午Fire Horse2611/8丁未Fire Goat11/9戊申Earth Monkey2811/10己酉Earth Rooster2911/11庚戌Metal Dog3011/12辛亥Metal Pig3111/13壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1998 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 1998
- 19 December 1998 — lunar 1998 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1998 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1998 at 16:01:35 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1998 at 09:56:27 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 December 1998 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 December 1998 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1998 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.