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December 2008 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. Full moon: 13 Dec. New moon: 27 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2008 month 11 into 2008 month 12 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 02:02:18 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 20:03:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 December 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 11; lunar 2008 month 12 begins 27 December 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/4乙亥Wood Pig211/5丙子Fire Rat311/6丁丑Fire Ox411/7戊寅Earth Tiger511/8己卯Earth Rabbit611/9庚辰Metal Dragon11/10辛巳Metal SnakeMajor Snow811/11壬午Water Horse911/12癸未Water Goat1011/13甲申Wood Monkey1111/14乙酉Wood Rooster1211/15丙戌Fire DogLunar mid-month1311/16丁亥Fire Pig11/17戊子Earth Rat1511/18己丑Earth Ox1611/19庚寅Metal Tiger1711/20辛卯Metal Rabbit1811/21壬辰Water Dragon1911/22癸巳Water Snake2011/23甲午Wood Horse11/24乙未Wood GoatWinter Solstice2211/25丙申Fire Monkey2311/26丁酉Fire Rooster2411/27戊戌Earth Dog2511/28己亥Earth Pig2611/29庚子Metal Rat2712/1辛丑Metal OxLunar month opens12/2壬寅Water Tiger2912/3癸卯Water Rabbit3012/4甲辰Wood Dragon3112/5乙巳Wood SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2008 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
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 2008
- 27 December 2008 — lunar 2008 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2008 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2008 at 02:02:18 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2008 at 20:03:45 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 December 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 December 2008 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 December 2008 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.