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October 1959 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 10 Oct. New moon: 2 Oct. Full moon: 16 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1959 month 8 into 1959 month 9 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 09:09:48 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 12:10:58 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 1 October 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 8; lunar 1959 month 9 begins 2 October 1959.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/29丙辰Fire Dragon29/1丁巳Fire SnakeLunar month opens39/2戊午Earth Horse9/3己未Earth Goat59/4庚申Metal Monkey69/5辛酉Metal Rooster79/6壬戌Water Dog89/7癸亥Water Pig99/8甲子Wood RatCold Dew9/9乙丑Wood Ox9/10丙寅Fire Tiger129/11丁卯Fire Rabbit139/12戊辰Earth Dragon149/13己巳Earth Snake159/14庚午Metal Horse169/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month179/16壬申Water Monkey9/17癸酉Water Rooster199/18甲戌Wood Dog209/19乙亥Wood Pig219/20丙子Fire Rat229/21丁丑Fire Ox239/22戊寅Earth Tiger249/23己卯Earth RabbitFrost's Descent9/24庚辰Metal Dragon269/25辛巳Metal Snake279/26壬午Water Horse289/27癸未Water Goat299/28甲申Wood Monkey309/29乙酉Wood Rooster319/30丙戌Fire DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1959 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
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 1959
- 2 October 1959 — lunar 1959 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1959 month 9 opens.
- 9 October 1959 at 09:09:48 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1959 at 12:10:58 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 October 1959 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 16 October 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 October 1959 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.