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October 1942 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 18 Oct. New moon: 10 Oct. Full moon: 24 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1942 month 8 into 1942 month 9 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 06:21:42 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 09:15:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 October 1942 closes lunar 1942 month 8; lunar 1942 month 9 begins 10 October 1942.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1942
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 1942 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/22丁亥Fire Pig28/23戊子Earth Rat38/24己丑Earth Ox8/25庚寅Metal Tiger58/26辛卯Metal Rabbit68/27壬辰Water Dragon78/28癸巳Water Snake88/29甲午Wood Horse98/30乙未Wood GoatCold Dew109/1丙申Fire MonkeyLunar month opens9/2丁酉Fire Rooster129/3戊戌Earth Dog139/4己亥Earth Pig149/5庚子Metal Rat159/6辛丑Metal Ox169/7壬寅Water Tiger179/8癸卯Water Rabbit9/9甲辰Wood Dragon199/10乙巳Wood Snake209/11丙午Fire Horse219/12丁未Fire Goat229/13戊申Earth Monkey239/14己酉Earth Rooster249/15庚戌Metal DogLunar mid-monthFrost's Descent9/16辛亥Metal Pig269/17壬子Water Rat279/18癸丑Water Ox289/19甲寅Wood Tiger299/20乙卯Wood Rabbit309/21丙辰Fire Dragon319/22丁巳Fire SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1942 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 October 1942
- 10 October 1942 — lunar 1942 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1942 month 9 opens.
- 9 October 1942 at 06:21:42 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1942 at 09:15:08 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 1942 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 24 October 1942 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 October 1942 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.