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December 2013 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 3 Dec. Full moon: 17 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2013 month 10 into 2013 month 11 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 07:08:32 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 01:11:00 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 December 2013 closes lunar 2013 month 10; lunar 2013 month 11 begins 3 December 2013.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2013
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 2013 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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10/29辛丑Metal Ox210/30壬寅Water Tiger311/1癸卯Water RabbitLunar month opens411/2甲辰Wood Dragon511/3乙巳Wood Snake611/4丙午Fire Horse711/5丁未Fire GoatMajor Snow11/6戊申Earth Monkey911/7己酉Earth Rooster1011/8庚戌Metal Dog1111/9辛亥Metal Pig1211/10壬子Water Rat1311/11癸丑Water Ox1411/12甲寅Wood Tiger11/13乙卯Wood Rabbit1611/14丙辰Fire Dragon1711/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-month1811/16戊午Earth Horse1911/17己未Earth Goat2011/18庚申Metal Monkey2111/19辛酉Metal Rooster11/20壬戌Water DogWinter Solstice2311/21癸亥Water Pig2411/22甲子Wood Rat2511/23乙丑Wood Ox2611/24丙寅Fire Tiger2711/25丁卯Fire Rabbit2811/26戊辰Earth Dragon11/27己巳Earth Snake3011/28庚午Metal Horse3111/29辛未Metal GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2013 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 2013
- 3 December 2013 — lunar 2013 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2013 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2013 at 07:08:32 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2013 at 01:11:00 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 December 2013 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 17 December 2013 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2013 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.