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December 2016 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. Full moon: 14 Dec. New moon: 29 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2016 month 11 into 2016 month 12 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 00:41:07 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 18:44:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 December 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 11; lunar 2016 month 12 begins 29 December 2016.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2016
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/3丁巳Fire Snake211/4戊午Earth Horse311/5己未Earth Goat11/6庚申Metal Monkey511/7辛酉Metal Rooster611/8壬戌Water Dog711/9癸亥Water PigMajor Snow811/10甲子Wood Rat911/11乙丑Wood Ox1011/12丙寅Fire Tiger11/13丁卯Fire Rabbit1211/14戊辰Earth Dragon1311/15己巳Earth SnakeLunar mid-month1411/16庚午Metal Horse1511/17辛未Metal Goat1611/18壬申Water Monkey1711/19癸酉Water Rooster11/20甲戌Wood Dog1911/21乙亥Wood Pig2011/22丙子Fire Rat11/23丁丑Fire OxWinter Solstice2211/24戊寅Earth Tiger2311/25己卯Earth Rabbit2411/26庚辰Metal Dragon11/27辛巳Metal Snake2611/28壬午Water Horse2711/29癸未Water Goat2811/30甲申Wood Monkey2912/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens3012/2丙戌Fire Dog3112/3丁亥Fire PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2016 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 2016
- 29 December 2016 — lunar 2016 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2016 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2016 at 00:41:07 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2016 at 18:44:10 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 December 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 December 2016 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 December 2016 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.