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December 2000 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. Full moon: 11 Dec. New moon: 26 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2000 month 11 into 2000 month 12 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 03:37:02 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 21:37:26 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 December 2000 closes lunar 2000 month 11; lunar 2000 month 12 begins 26 December 2000.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2000
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2000 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/6癸巳Water Snake211/7甲午Wood Horse11/8乙未Wood Goat411/9丙申Fire Monkey511/10丁酉Fire Rooster611/11戊戌Earth Dog711/12己亥Earth PigMajor Snow811/13庚子Metal Rat911/14辛丑Metal Ox11/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month1111/16癸卯Water Rabbit1211/17甲辰Wood Dragon1311/18乙巳Wood Snake1411/19丙午Fire Horse1511/20丁未Fire Goat1611/21戊申Earth Monkey11/22己酉Earth Rooster1811/23庚戌Metal Dog1911/24辛亥Metal Pig2011/25壬子Water Rat11/26癸丑Water OxWinter Solstice2211/27甲寅Wood Tiger2311/28乙卯Wood Rabbit11/29丙辰Fire Dragon2511/30丁巳Fire Snake2612/1戊午Earth HorseLunar month opens2712/2己未Earth Goat2812/3庚申Metal Monkey2912/4辛酉Metal Rooster3012/5壬戌Water Dog12/6癸亥Water PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2000 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 2000
- 26 December 2000 — lunar 2000 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2000 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2000 at 03:37:02 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2000 at 21:37:26 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 December 2000 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 December 2000 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 December 2000 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.