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October 1948 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 11 Oct. New moon: 3 Oct. Full moon: 18 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1948 month 8 into 1948 month 9 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 17:20:16 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 20:17:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 October 1948 closes lunar 1948 month 8; lunar 1948 month 9 begins 3 October 1948.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1948
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1948 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/29己未Earth Goat28/30庚申Metal Monkey9/1辛酉Metal RoosterLunar month opens49/2壬戌Water Dog59/3癸亥Water Pig69/4甲子Wood Rat79/5乙丑Wood Ox89/6丙寅Fire TigerCold Dew99/7丁卯Fire Rabbit9/8戊辰Earth Dragon9/9己巳Earth Snake129/10庚午Metal Horse139/11辛未Metal Goat149/12壬申Water Monkey159/13癸酉Water Rooster169/14甲戌Wood Dog9/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month189/16丙子Fire Rat199/17丁丑Fire Ox209/18戊寅Earth Tiger219/19己卯Earth Rabbit229/20庚辰Metal Dragon239/21辛巳Metal SnakeFrost's Descent9/22壬午Water Horse259/23癸未Water Goat269/24甲申Wood Monkey279/25乙酉Wood Rooster289/26丙戌Fire Dog299/27丁亥Fire Pig309/28戊子Earth Rat9/29己丑Earth OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1948 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 1948
- 3 October 1948 — lunar 1948 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1948 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1948 at 17:20:16 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1948 at 20:17:57 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 October 1948 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 17 October 1948 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 October 1948 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.