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December 2014 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 6 Dec. New moon: 22 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2014 month 10 into 2014 month 11 · Yang Wood Horse 甲午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 13:04:05 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 07:03:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 December 2014 closes lunar 2014 month 10; lunar 2014 month 11 begins 22 December 2014.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2014
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 9 (29 days).
December 2014 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/10丙午Fire Horse210/11丁未Fire Goat310/12戊申Earth Monkey410/13己酉Earth Rooster510/14庚戌Metal Dog610/15辛亥Metal PigLunar mid-month10/16壬子Water RatMajor Snow810/17癸丑Water Ox910/18甲寅Wood Tiger1010/19乙卯Wood Rabbit1110/20丙辰Fire Dragon1210/21丁巳Fire Snake1310/22戊午Earth Horse10/23己未Earth Goat1510/24庚申Metal Monkey1610/25辛酉Metal Rooster1710/26壬戌Water Dog1810/27癸亥Water Pig1910/28甲子Wood Rat2010/29乙丑Wood Ox10/30丙寅Fire Tiger11/1丁卯Fire RabbitLunar month opensWinter Solstice2311/2戊辰Earth Dragon2411/3己巳Earth Snake2511/4庚午Metal Horse2611/5辛未Metal Goat2711/6壬申Water Monkey11/7癸酉Water Rooster2911/8甲戌Wood Dog3011/9乙亥Wood Pig3111/10丙子Fire RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2014 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 2014
- 22 December 2014 — lunar 2014 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2014 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2014 at 13:04:05 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2014 at 07:03:01 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 December 2014 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2014 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 2014 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.