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October 1947 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 22 Oct. New moon: 14 Oct. Full moon: 30 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1947 month 8 into 1947 month 9 · Yin Fire Pig 丁亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 11:37:17 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 14:25:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 October 1947 closes lunar 1947 month 8; lunar 1947 month 9 begins 14 October 1947.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1947
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
October 1947 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/17癸丑Water Ox28/18甲寅Wood Tiger38/19乙卯Wood Rabbit48/20丙辰Fire Dragon8/21丁巳Fire Snake68/22戊午Earth Horse78/23己未Earth Goat88/24庚申Metal Monkey98/25辛酉Metal RoosterCold Dew108/26壬戌Water Dog118/27癸亥Water Pig8/28甲子Wood Rat138/29乙丑Wood Ox149/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens159/2丁卯Fire Rabbit169/3戊辰Earth Dragon179/4己巳Earth Snake189/5庚午Metal Horse9/6辛未Metal Goat209/7壬申Water Monkey219/8癸酉Water Rooster9/9甲戌Wood Dog239/10乙亥Wood Pig249/11丙子Fire RatFrost's Descent259/12丁丑Fire Ox9/13戊寅Earth Tiger279/14己卯Earth Rabbit289/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month299/16辛巳Metal Snake309/17壬午Water Horse319/18癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1947 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
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 1947
- 14 October 1947 — lunar 1947 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1947 month 9 opens.
- 9 October 1947 at 11:37:17 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1947 at 14:25:50 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 October 1947 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 28 October 1947 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 October 1947 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.