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December 2011 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 10 Dec. New moon: 25 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2011 month 11 into 2011 month 12 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 19:29:00 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 13:30:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 December 2011 closes lunar 2011 month 11; lunar 2011 month 12 begins 25 December 2011.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2011
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2011 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/7庚寅Metal Tiger211/8辛卯Metal Rabbit311/9壬辰Water Dragon11/10癸巳Water Snake511/11甲午Wood Horse611/12乙未Wood Goat711/13丙申Fire MonkeyMajor Snow811/14丁酉Fire Rooster911/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-month1011/16己亥Earth Pig11/17庚子Metal Rat1211/18辛丑Metal Ox1311/19壬寅Water Tiger1411/20癸卯Water Rabbit1511/21甲辰Wood Dragon1611/22乙巳Wood Snake1711/23丙午Fire Horse11/24丁未Fire Goat1911/25戊申Earth Monkey2011/26己酉Earth Rooster2111/27庚戌Metal Dog11/28辛亥Metal PigWinter Solstice2311/29壬子Water Rat2411/30癸丑Water Ox12/1甲寅Wood TigerLunar month opens2612/2乙卯Wood Rabbit2712/3丙辰Fire Dragon2812/4丁巳Fire Snake2912/5戊午Earth Horse3012/6己未Earth Goat3112/7庚申Metal MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2011 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2011
- 25 December 2011 — lunar 2011 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2011 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2011 at 19:29:00 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2011 at 13:30:02 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 December 2011 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 December 2011 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 2011 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.