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December 2028 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. Full moon: 2 Dec. New moon: 16 Dec. Major Snow: 6 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2028 month 10 into 2028 month 11 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 6 at 22:24:41 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 16:19:41 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 December 2028 closes lunar 2028 month 10; lunar 2028 month 11 begins 16 December 2028.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2028
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
December 2028 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/16庚申Metal Monkey210/17辛酉Metal Rooster10/18壬戌Water Dog410/19癸亥Water Pig510/20甲子Wood Rat610/21乙丑Wood OxMajor Snow710/22丙寅Fire Tiger810/23丁卯Fire Rabbit910/24戊辰Earth Dragon10/25己巳Earth Snake1110/26庚午Metal Horse1210/27辛未Metal Goat1310/28壬申Water Monkey1410/29癸酉Water Rooster1510/30甲戌Wood Dog1611/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens11/2丙子Fire Rat1811/3丁丑Fire Ox1911/4戊寅Earth Tiger2011/5己卯Earth Rabbit11/6庚辰Metal DragonWinter Solstice2211/7辛巳Metal Snake2311/8壬午Water Horse11/9癸未Water Goat2511/10甲申Wood Monkey2611/11乙酉Wood Rooster2711/12丙戌Fire Dog2811/13丁亥Fire Pig2911/14戊子Earth Rat3011/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month11/16庚寅Metal TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2028 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/17
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
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 2028
- 16 December 2028 — lunar 2028 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2028 month 11 opens.
- 6 December 2028 at 22:24:41 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2028 at 16:19:41 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 16 December 2028 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 30 December 2028 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2028 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.