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December 2017 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 3 Dec. New moon: 18 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2017 month 10 into 2017 month 11 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 06:32:39 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 00:27:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 17 December 2017 closes lunar 2017 month 10; lunar 2017 month 11 begins 18 December 2017.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
December 2017 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/14壬戌Water Dog210/15癸亥Water PigLunar mid-month10/16甲子Wood Rat410/17乙丑Wood Ox510/18丙寅Fire Tiger610/19丁卯Fire Rabbit710/20戊辰Earth DragonMajor Snow810/21己巳Earth Snake910/22庚午Metal Horse10/23辛未Metal Goat1110/24壬申Water Monkey1210/25癸酉Water Rooster1310/26甲戌Wood Dog1410/27乙亥Wood Pig1510/28丙子Fire Rat1610/29丁丑Fire Ox10/30戊寅Earth Tiger1811/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens1911/2庚辰Metal Dragon2011/3辛巳Metal Snake2111/4壬午Water Horse11/5癸未Water GoatWinter Solstice2311/6甲申Wood Monkey11/7乙酉Wood Rooster2511/8丙戌Fire Dog2611/9丁亥Fire Pig2711/10戊子Earth Rat2811/11己丑Earth Ox2911/12庚寅Metal Tiger3011/13辛卯Metal Rabbit11/14壬辰Water DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2017 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
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 2017
- 18 December 2017 — lunar 2017 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2017 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2017 at 06:32:39 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2017 at 00:27:57 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 December 2017 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 December 2017 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 2017 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.