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December 2038 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 12 Dec. New moon: 26 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2038 month 11 into 2038 month 12 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 08:56:24 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 03:02:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 December 2038 closes lunar 2038 month 11; lunar 2038 month 12 begins 26 December 2038.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2038
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
December 2038 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/6壬子Water Rat211/7癸丑Water Ox311/8甲寅Wood Tiger411/9乙卯Wood Rabbit11/10丙辰Fire Dragon611/11丁巳Fire Snake711/12戊午Earth HorseMajor Snow811/13己未Earth Goat911/14庚申Metal Monkey1011/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month1111/16壬戌Water Dog11/17癸亥Water Pig1311/18甲子Wood Rat1411/19乙丑Wood Ox1511/20丙寅Fire Tiger1611/21丁卯Fire Rabbit1711/22戊辰Earth Dragon1811/23己巳Earth Snake11/24庚午Metal Horse2011/25辛未Metal Goat2111/26壬申Water Monkey11/27癸酉Water RoosterWinter Solstice2311/28甲戌Wood Dog2411/29乙亥Wood Pig2511/30丙子Fire Rat12/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens2712/2戊寅Earth Tiger2812/3己卯Earth Rabbit2912/4庚辰Metal Dragon3012/5辛巳Metal Snake3112/6壬午Water HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2038 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2038
- 26 December 2038 — lunar 2038 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2038 month 12 opens.
- 7 December 2038 at 08:56:24 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2038 at 03:02:21 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 December 2038 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 December 2038 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 December 2038 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.