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December 2009 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 2 Dec. New moon: 16 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2009 month 10 into 2009 month 11 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 07:52:14 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 01:46:47 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 December 2009 closes lunar 2009 month 10; lunar 2009 month 11 begins 16 December 2009.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
December 2009 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month210/16辛巳Metal Snake310/17壬午Water Horse410/18癸未Water Goat510/19甲申Wood Monkey10/20乙酉Wood Rooster710/21丙戌Fire DogMajor Snow810/22丁亥Fire Pig910/23戊子Earth Rat1010/24己丑Earth Ox1110/25庚寅Metal Tiger1210/26辛卯Metal Rabbit10/27壬辰Water Dragon1410/28癸巳Water Snake1510/29甲午Wood Horse1611/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens1711/2丙申Fire Monkey1811/3丁酉Fire Rooster1911/4戊戌Earth Dog11/5己亥Earth Pig2111/6庚子Metal Rat11/7辛丑Metal OxWinter Solstice2311/8壬寅Water Tiger2411/9癸卯Water Rabbit2511/10甲辰Wood Dragon2611/11乙巳Wood Snake11/12丙午Fire Horse2811/13丁未Fire Goat2911/14戊申Earth Monkey3011/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-month3111/16庚戌Metal DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2009 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/10
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 2009
- 16 December 2009 — lunar 2009 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2009 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2009 at 07:52:14 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2009 at 01:46:47 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 December 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 December 2009 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 30 December 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2009 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.