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December 2021 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 4 Dec. Full moon: 19 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2021 month 10 into 2021 month 11 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 05:57:06 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 23:59:19 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 December 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 10; lunar 2021 month 11 begins 4 December 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/27癸未Water Goat210/28甲申Wood Monkey310/29乙酉Wood Rooster411/1丙戌Fire DogLunar month opens11/2丁亥Fire Pig611/3戊子Earth Rat711/4己丑Earth OxMajor Snow811/5庚寅Metal Tiger911/6辛卯Metal Rabbit1011/7壬辰Water Dragon1111/8癸巳Water Snake11/9甲午Wood Horse1311/10乙未Wood Goat1411/11丙申Fire Monkey1511/12丁酉Fire Rooster1611/13戊戌Earth Dog1711/14己亥Earth Pig1811/15庚子Metal RatLunar mid-month11/16辛丑Metal Ox2011/17壬寅Water Tiger11/18癸卯Water RabbitWinter Solstice2211/19甲辰Wood Dragon2311/20乙巳Wood Snake2411/21丙午Fire Horse2511/22丁未Fire Goat11/23戊申Earth Monkey2711/24己酉Earth Rooster2811/25庚戌Metal Dog2911/26辛亥Metal Pig3011/27壬子Water Rat3111/28癸丑Water OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2021 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2021
- 4 December 2021 — lunar 2021 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2021 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2021 at 05:57:06 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2021 at 23:59:19 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 2021 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 18 December 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2021 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.