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December 2042 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. New moon: 12 Dec. Full moon: 27 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
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Lunar 2042 month 10 into 2042 month 11 · Yang Water Dog 壬戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 08:09:16 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 02:04:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 December 2042 closes lunar 2042 month 10; lunar 2042 month 11 begins 12 December 2042.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2042
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
December 2042 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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110/19癸酉Water Rooster210/20甲戌Wood Dog310/21乙亥Wood Pig410/22丙子Fire Rat510/23丁丑Fire Ox610/24戊寅Earth Tiger10/25己卯Earth RabbitMajor Snow810/26庚辰Metal Dragon910/27辛巳Metal Snake1010/28壬午Water Horse1110/29癸未Water Goat1211/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens1311/2乙酉Wood Rooster11/3丙戌Fire Dog1511/4丁亥Fire Pig1611/5戊子Earth Rat1711/6己丑Earth Ox1811/7庚寅Metal Tiger1911/8辛卯Metal Rabbit2011/9壬辰Water Dragon11/10癸巳Water Snake11/11甲午Wood HorseWinter Solstice2311/12乙未Wood Goat2411/13丙申Fire Monkey2511/14丁酉Fire Rooster2611/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-month2711/16己亥Earth Pig11/17庚子Metal Rat2911/18辛丑Metal Ox3011/19壬寅Water Tiger3111/20癸卯Water RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2042 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/22
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 2042
- 12 December 2042 — lunar 2042 month 10 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2042 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 2042 at 08:09:16 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 2042 at 02:04:06 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 December 2042 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 26 December 2042 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 December 2042 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.