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December 2040 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. New moon: 4 Dec. Full moon: 18 Dec. Major Snow: 6 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.
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Lunar 2040 month 10 into 2040 month 11 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 6 at 20:30:05 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 14:32:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 December 2040 closes lunar 2040 month 10; lunar 2040 month 11 begins 4 December 2040.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2040
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
December 2040 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/27癸亥Water Pig10/28甲子Wood Rat310/29乙丑Wood Ox411/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens511/2丁卯Fire Rabbit611/3戊辰Earth DragonMajor Snow711/4己巳Earth Snake811/5庚午Metal Horse11/6辛未Metal Goat1011/7壬申Water Monkey1111/8癸酉Water Rooster1211/9甲戌Wood Dog1311/10乙亥Wood Pig1411/11丙子Fire Rat1511/12丁丑Fire Ox11/13戊寅Earth Tiger1711/14己卯Earth Rabbit1811/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month1911/16辛巳Metal Snake2011/17壬午Water Horse11/18癸未Water GoatWinter Solstice2211/19甲申Wood Monkey11/20乙酉Wood Rooster2411/21丙戌Fire Dog2511/22丁亥Fire Pig2611/23戊子Earth Rat2711/24己丑Earth Ox2811/25庚寅Metal Tiger2911/26辛卯Metal Rabbit11/27壬辰Water Dragon3111/28癸巳Water SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2040 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 2040
- 4 December 2040 — lunar 2040 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2040 month 11 opens.
- 6 December 2040 at 20:30:05 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 December 2040 at 14:32:53 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 2040 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 18 December 2040 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 December 2040 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.