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December 2019 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 12 Dec. New moon: 26 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2019 month 11 into 2019 month 12 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 18:18:30 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 12:19:28 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 December 2019 closes lunar 2019 month 11; lunar 2019 month 12 begins 26 December 2019.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2019
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2019 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/6壬申Water Monkey211/7癸酉Water Rooster311/8甲戌Wood Dog411/9乙亥Wood Pig511/10丙子Fire Rat611/11丁丑Fire Ox711/12戊寅Earth TigerMajor Snow11/13己卯Earth Rabbit911/14庚辰Metal Dragon1011/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month1111/16壬午Water Horse1211/17癸未Water Goat1311/18甲申Wood Monkey1411/19乙酉Wood Rooster11/20丙戌Fire Dog1611/21丁亥Fire Pig1711/22戊子Earth Rat1811/23己丑Earth Ox1911/24庚寅Metal Tiger2011/25辛卯Metal Rabbit2111/26壬辰Water Dragon11/27癸巳Water SnakeWinter Solstice2311/28甲午Wood Horse2411/29乙未Wood Goat2511/30丙申Fire Monkey2612/1丁酉Fire RoosterLunar month opens2712/2戊戌Earth Dog2812/3己亥Earth Pig12/4庚子Metal Rat3012/5辛丑Metal Ox3112/6壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2019 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2019
- 26 December 2019 — lunar 2019 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2019 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2019 at 18:18:30 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2019 at 12:19:28 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 December 2019 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 December 2019 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 2019 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.