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October 1966 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 22 Oct. New moon: 14 Oct. Full moon: 29 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1966 month 8 into 1966 month 9 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 01:56:43 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 04:50:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 October 1966 closes lunar 1966 month 8; lunar 1966 month 9 begins 14 October 1966.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1966
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (29 days).
October 1966 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/17癸巳Water Snake8/18甲午Wood Horse38/19乙未Wood Goat48/20丙申Fire Monkey58/21丁酉Fire Rooster68/22戊戌Earth Dog78/23己亥Earth Pig88/24庚子Metal Rat8/25辛丑Metal OxCold Dew108/26壬寅Water Tiger118/27癸卯Water Rabbit128/28甲辰Wood Dragon138/29乙巳Wood Snake149/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opens159/2丁未Fire Goat9/3戊申Earth Monkey179/4己酉Earth Rooster189/5庚戌Metal Dog199/6辛亥Metal Pig209/7壬子Water Rat219/8癸丑Water Ox9/9甲寅Wood Tiger9/10乙卯Wood Rabbit249/11丙辰Fire DragonFrost's Descent259/12丁巳Fire Snake269/13戊午Earth Horse279/14己未Earth Goat289/15庚申Metal MonkeyLunar mid-month299/16辛酉Metal Rooster9/17壬戌Water Dog319/18癸亥Water PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1966 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
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 1966
- 14 October 1966 — lunar 1966 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1966 month 9 opens.
- 9 October 1966 at 01:56:43 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1966 at 04:50:45 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 October 1966 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 28 October 1966 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 October 1966 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.