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December 2023 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 13 Dec. Full moon: 27 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2023 month 10 into 2023 month 11 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 17:32:55 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 11:27:20 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 December 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 10; lunar 2023 month 11 begins 13 December 2023.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2023
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
December 2023 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/19癸巳Water Snake210/20甲午Wood Horse10/21乙未Wood Goat410/22丙申Fire Monkey510/23丁酉Fire Rooster610/24戊戌Earth Dog710/25己亥Earth PigMajor Snow810/26庚子Metal Rat910/27辛丑Metal Ox10/28壬寅Water Tiger1110/29癸卯Water Rabbit1210/30甲辰Wood Dragon1311/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens1411/2丙午Fire Horse1511/3丁未Fire Goat1611/4戊申Earth Monkey11/5己酉Earth Rooster1811/6庚戌Metal Dog1911/7辛亥Metal Pig2011/8壬子Water Rat2111/9癸丑Water Ox11/10甲寅Wood TigerWinter Solstice2311/11乙卯Wood Rabbit11/12丙辰Fire Dragon2511/13丁巳Fire Snake2611/14戊午Earth Horse2711/15己未Earth GoatLunar mid-month2811/16庚申Metal Monkey2911/17辛酉Metal Rooster3011/18壬戌Water Dog11/19癸亥Water PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2023 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 2023
- 13 December 2023 — lunar 2023 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2023 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2023 at 17:32:55 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2023 at 11:27:20 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 December 2023 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 27 December 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2023 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.