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December 2002 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 4 Dec. Full moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2002 month 10 into 2002 month 11 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 15:14:14 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 09:14:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 December 2002 closes lunar 2002 month 10; lunar 2002 month 11 begins 4 December 2002.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2002
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2002 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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10/27癸卯Water Rabbit210/28甲辰Wood Dragon310/29乙巳Wood Snake411/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opens511/2丁未Fire Goat611/3戊申Earth Monkey711/4己酉Earth RoosterMajor Snow11/5庚戌Metal Dog911/6辛亥Metal Pig1011/7壬子Water Rat1111/8癸丑Water Ox1211/9甲寅Wood Tiger1311/10乙卯Wood Rabbit1411/11丙辰Fire Dragon11/12丁巳Fire Snake1611/13戊午Earth Horse1711/14己未Earth Goat1811/15庚申Metal MonkeyLunar mid-month1911/16辛酉Metal Rooster2011/17壬戌Water Dog2111/18癸亥Water Pig11/19甲子Wood RatWinter Solstice2311/20乙丑Wood Ox2411/21丙寅Fire Tiger2511/22丁卯Fire Rabbit2611/23戊辰Earth Dragon2711/24己巳Earth Snake2811/25庚午Metal Horse11/26辛未Metal Goat3011/27壬申Water Monkey3111/28癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2002 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2002
- 4 December 2002 — lunar 2002 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2002 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2002 at 15:14:14 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2002 at 09:14:22 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 2002 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 18 December 2002 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2002 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.