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December 2020 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 15 Dec. Full moon: 30 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2020 month 10 into 2020 month 11 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 00:09:30 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 18:02:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 December 2020 closes lunar 2020 month 10; lunar 2020 month 11 begins 15 December 2020.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2020
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
December 2020 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/17戊寅Earth Tiger210/18己卯Earth Rabbit310/19庚辰Metal Dragon410/20辛巳Metal Snake510/21壬午Water Horse10/22癸未Water Goat710/23甲申Wood MonkeyMajor Snow810/24乙酉Wood Rooster910/25丙戌Fire Dog1010/26丁亥Fire Pig1110/27戊子Earth Rat1210/28己丑Earth Ox10/29庚寅Metal Tiger1410/30辛卯Metal Rabbit1511/1壬辰Water DragonLunar month opens1611/2癸巳Water Snake1711/3甲午Wood Horse1811/4乙未Wood Goat1911/5丙申Fire Monkey11/6丁酉Fire Rooster11/7戊戌Earth DogWinter Solstice2211/8己亥Earth Pig2311/9庚子Metal Rat2411/10辛丑Metal Ox2511/11壬寅Water Tiger2611/12癸卯Water Rabbit11/13甲辰Wood Dragon2811/14乙巳Wood Snake2911/15丙午Fire HorseLunar mid-month3011/16丁未Fire Goat3111/17戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2020 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 2020
- 15 December 2020 — lunar 2020 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2020 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2020 at 00:09:30 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2020 at 18:02:21 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 December 2020 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 29 December 2020 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2020 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.