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December 2015 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 11 Dec. Full moon: 25 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2015 month 10 into 2015 month 11 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 18:53:21 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 12:47:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 December 2015 closes lunar 2015 month 10; lunar 2015 month 11 begins 11 December 2015.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2015
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2015 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/20辛亥Metal Pig210/21壬子Water Rat310/22癸丑Water Ox410/23甲寅Wood Tiger510/24乙卯Wood Rabbit10/25丙辰Fire Dragon710/26丁巳Fire SnakeMajor Snow810/27戊午Earth Horse910/28己未Earth Goat1010/29庚申Metal Monkey1111/1辛酉Metal RoosterLunar month opens1211/2壬戌Water Dog11/3癸亥Water Pig1411/4甲子Wood Rat1511/5乙丑Wood Ox1611/6丙寅Fire Tiger1711/7丁卯Fire Rabbit1811/8戊辰Earth Dragon1911/9己巳Earth Snake11/10庚午Metal Horse2111/11辛未Metal Goat11/12壬申Water MonkeyWinter Solstice2311/13癸酉Water Rooster2411/14甲戌Wood Dog2511/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month2611/16丙子Fire Rat11/17丁丑Fire Ox2811/18戊寅Earth Tiger2911/19己卯Earth Rabbit3011/20庚辰Metal Dragon3111/21辛巳Metal SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2015 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/22
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 2015
- 11 December 2015 — lunar 2015 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2015 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2015 at 18:53:21 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2015 at 12:47:56 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 December 2015 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 25 December 2015 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2015 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.