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December 2024 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 1 Dec. Full moon: 15 Dec. New moon: 31 Dec. Major Snow: 6 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2024 month 11 into 2024 month 12 · Yang Wood Dragon 甲辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 6 at 23:17:03 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 17:20:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 30 December 2024 closes lunar 2024 month 11; lunar 2024 month 12 begins 31 December 2024.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2024
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2024 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2024 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 2024
- 31 December 2024 — lunar 2024 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2024 month 12 opens.
- 6 December 2024 at 23:17:03 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2024 at 17:20:35 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 December 2024 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 15 December 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 December 2024 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 December 2024 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.