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December 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 9 Dec. Full moon: 24 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2026 month 10 into 2026 month 11 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 10:52:32 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 04:50:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 December 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 10; lunar 2026 month 11 begins 9 December 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/23己酉Earth Rooster210/24庚戌Metal Dog310/25辛亥Metal Pig410/26壬子Water Rat510/27癸丑Water Ox10/28甲寅Wood Tiger710/29乙卯Wood RabbitMajor Snow810/30丙辰Fire Dragon911/1丁巳Fire SnakeLunar month opens1011/2戊午Earth Horse1111/3己未Earth Goat1211/4庚申Metal Monkey11/5辛酉Metal Rooster1411/6壬戌Water Dog1511/7癸亥Water Pig1611/8甲子Wood Rat1711/9乙丑Wood Ox1811/10丙寅Fire Tiger1911/11丁卯Fire Rabbit11/12戊辰Earth Dragon2111/13己巳Earth Snake11/14庚午Metal HorseWinter Solstice2311/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month2411/16壬申Water Monkey2511/17癸酉Water Rooster2611/18甲戌Wood Dog11/19乙亥Wood Pig2811/20丙子Fire Rat2911/21丁丑Fire Ox3011/22戊寅Earth Tiger3111/23己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2026 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 2026
- 9 December 2026 — lunar 2026 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2026 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2026 at 10:52:32 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2026 at 04:50:14 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 December 2026 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 23 December 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2026 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.