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December 2004 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 12 Dec. Full moon: 26 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2004 month 10 into 2004 month 11 · Yang Wood Monkey 甲申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 02:48:57 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 20:41:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 December 2004 closes lunar 2004 month 10; lunar 2004 month 11 begins 12 December 2004.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2004
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
December 2004 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/20甲寅Wood Tiger210/21乙卯Wood Rabbit310/22丙辰Fire Dragon410/23丁巳Fire Snake10/24戊午Earth Horse610/25己未Earth Goat710/26庚申Metal MonkeyMajor Snow810/27辛酉Metal Rooster910/28壬戌Water Dog1010/29癸亥Water Pig1110/30甲子Wood Rat11/1乙丑Wood OxLunar month opens1311/2丙寅Fire Tiger1411/3丁卯Fire Rabbit1511/4戊辰Earth Dragon1611/5己巳Earth Snake1711/6庚午Metal Horse1811/7辛未Metal Goat11/8壬申Water Monkey2011/9癸酉Water Rooster11/10甲戌Wood DogWinter Solstice2211/11乙亥Wood Pig2311/12丙子Fire Rat2411/13丁丑Fire Ox2511/14戊寅Earth Tiger11/15己卯Earth RabbitLunar mid-month2711/16庚辰Metal Dragon2811/17辛巳Metal Snake2911/18壬午Water Horse3011/19癸未Water Goat3111/20甲申Wood MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2004 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 2004
- 12 December 2004 — lunar 2004 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2004 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2004 at 02:48:57 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2004 at 20:41:36 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 December 2004 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 26 December 2004 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2004 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.