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December 2012 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 13 Dec. Full moon: 28 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2012 month 10 into 2012 month 11 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 01:18:56 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 19:11:36 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 December 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 10; lunar 2012 month 11 begins 13 December 2012.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
December 2012 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/18丙申Fire Monkey10/19丁酉Fire Rooster310/20戊戌Earth Dog410/21己亥Earth Pig510/22庚子Metal Rat610/23辛丑Metal Ox710/24壬寅Water TigerMajor Snow810/25癸卯Water Rabbit10/26甲辰Wood Dragon1010/27乙巳Wood Snake1110/28丙午Fire Horse1210/29丁未Fire Goat1311/1戊申Earth MonkeyLunar month opens1411/2己酉Earth Rooster1511/3庚戌Metal Dog11/4辛亥Metal Pig1711/5壬子Water Rat1811/6癸丑Water Ox1911/7甲寅Wood Tiger2011/8乙卯Wood Rabbit11/9丙辰Fire DragonWinter Solstice2211/10丁巳Fire Snake11/11戊午Earth Horse2411/12己未Earth Goat2511/13庚申Metal Monkey2611/14辛酉Metal Rooster2711/15壬戌Water DogLunar mid-month2811/16癸亥Water Pig2911/17甲子Wood Rat11/18乙丑Wood Ox3111/19丙寅Fire TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2012 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 2012
- 13 December 2012 — lunar 2012 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2012 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2012 at 01:18:56 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2012 at 19:11:36 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 December 2012 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 27 December 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2012 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.