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October 1953 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 16 Oct. New moon: 8 Oct. Full moon: 22 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1953 month 8 into 1953 month 9 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 22:10:25 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 01:06:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 October 1953 closes lunar 1953 month 8; lunar 1953 month 9 begins 8 October 1953.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1953 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/24乙酉Wood Rooster28/25丙戌Fire Dog38/26丁亥Fire Pig8/27戊子Earth Rat58/28己丑Earth Ox68/29庚寅Metal Tiger78/30辛卯Metal Rabbit89/1壬辰Water DragonLunar month opensCold Dew99/2癸巳Water Snake109/3甲午Wood Horse9/4乙未Wood Goat129/5丙申Fire Monkey139/6丁酉Fire Rooster149/7戊戌Earth Dog159/8己亥Earth Pig9/9庚子Metal Rat179/10辛丑Metal Ox9/11壬寅Water Tiger199/12癸卯Water Rabbit209/13甲辰Wood Dragon219/14乙巳Wood Snake229/15丙午Fire HorseLunar mid-month239/16丁未Fire Goat249/17戊申Earth MonkeyFrost's Descent9/18己酉Earth Rooster269/19庚戌Metal Dog279/20辛亥Metal Pig289/21壬子Water Rat299/22癸丑Water Ox309/23甲寅Wood Tiger319/24乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1953 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/22
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 1953
- 8 October 1953 — lunar 1953 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1953 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1953 at 22:10:25 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1953 at 01:06:14 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 October 1953 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 22 October 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 October 1953 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.