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December 2001 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 1 Dec. New moon: 15 Dec. Full moon: 30 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2001 month 10 into 2001 month 11 · Yin Metal Snake 辛巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 09:28:53 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 03:21:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 December 2001 closes lunar 2001 month 10; lunar 2001 month 11 begins 15 December 2001.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2001
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
December 2001 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2001 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/17
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 2001
- 15 December 2001 — lunar 2001 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2001 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2001 at 09:28:53 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2001 at 03:21:30 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 December 2001 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 29 December 2001 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2001 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.