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October 1939 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 21 Oct. New moon: 13 Oct. Full moon: 28 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1939 month 8 into 1939 month 9 · Yin Earth Rabbit 己卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 12:56:36 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 15:45:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 October 1939 closes lunar 1939 month 8; lunar 1939 month 9 begins 13 October 1939.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1939
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1939 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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8/19辛未Metal Goat28/20壬申Water Monkey38/21癸酉Water Rooster48/22甲戌Wood Dog58/23乙亥Wood Pig68/24丙子Fire Rat78/25丁丑Fire Ox8/26戊寅Earth Tiger98/27己卯Earth RabbitCold Dew108/28庚辰Metal Dragon118/29辛巳Metal Snake128/30壬午Water Horse139/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens149/2甲申Wood Monkey9/3乙酉Wood Rooster169/4丙戌Fire Dog179/5丁亥Fire Pig189/6戊子Earth Rat199/7己丑Earth Ox209/8庚寅Metal Tiger9/9辛卯Metal Rabbit9/10壬辰Water Dragon239/11癸巳Water Snake249/12甲午Wood HorseFrost's Descent259/13乙未Wood Goat269/14丙申Fire Monkey279/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month289/16戊戌Earth Dog9/17己亥Earth Pig309/18庚子Metal Rat319/19辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1939 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
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Boundaries & marked days
What happens in October 1939
- 13 October 1939 — lunar 1939 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1939 month 9 opens.
- 9 October 1939 at 12:56:36 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1939 at 15:45:49 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 October 1939 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 27 October 1939 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 October 1939 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.