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December 2018 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 7 Dec. Full moon: 23 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2018 month 10 into 2018 month 11 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 12:25:55 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 06:22:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 December 2018 closes lunar 2018 month 10; lunar 2018 month 11 begins 7 December 2018.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/24丁卯Fire Rabbit10/25戊辰Earth Dragon310/26己巳Earth Snake410/27庚午Metal Horse510/28辛未Metal Goat610/29壬申Water Monkey711/1癸酉Water RoosterLunar month opensMajor Snow811/2甲戌Wood Dog11/3乙亥Wood Pig1011/4丙子Fire Rat1111/5丁丑Fire Ox1211/6戊寅Earth Tiger1311/7己卯Earth Rabbit1411/8庚辰Metal Dragon1511/9辛巳Metal Snake11/10壬午Water Horse1711/11癸未Water Goat1811/12甲申Wood Monkey1911/13乙酉Wood Rooster2011/14丙戌Fire Dog2111/15丁亥Fire PigLunar mid-month11/16戊子Earth RatWinter Solstice11/17己丑Earth Ox2411/18庚寅Metal Tiger2511/19辛卯Metal Rabbit2611/20壬辰Water Dragon2711/21癸巳Water Snake2811/22甲午Wood Horse2911/23乙未Wood Goat11/24丙申Fire Monkey3111/25丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2018 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
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 2018
- 7 December 2018 — lunar 2018 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2018 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2018 at 12:25:55 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2018 at 06:22:45 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 December 2018 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 21 December 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2018 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.