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December 2006 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 5 Dec. New moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2006 month 10 into 2006 month 11 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 14:26:49 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 08:22:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 December 2006 closes lunar 2006 month 10; lunar 2006 month 11 begins 20 December 2006.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2006
13 lunar months · 385 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
December 2006 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/11甲子Wood Rat210/12乙丑Wood Ox10/13丙寅Fire Tiger410/14丁卯Fire Rabbit510/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month610/16己巳Earth Snake710/17庚午Metal HorseMajor Snow810/18辛未Metal Goat910/19壬申Water Monkey10/20癸酉Water Rooster1110/21甲戌Wood Dog1210/22乙亥Wood Pig1310/23丙子Fire Rat1410/24丁丑Fire Ox1510/25戊寅Earth Tiger1610/26己卯Earth Rabbit10/27庚辰Metal Dragon1810/28辛巳Metal Snake1910/29壬午Water Horse2011/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens2111/2甲申Wood Monkey11/3乙酉Wood RoosterWinter Solstice2311/4丙戌Fire Dog11/5丁亥Fire Pig2511/6戊子Earth Rat2611/7己丑Earth Ox2711/8庚寅Metal Tiger2811/9辛卯Metal Rabbit2911/10壬辰Water Dragon3011/11癸巳Water Snake11/12甲午Wood HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2006 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/22
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 2006
- 20 December 2006 — lunar 2006 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2006 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2006 at 14:26:49 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2006 at 08:22:06 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 December 2006 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 December 2006 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 2006 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.