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October 1972 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 15 Oct. New moon: 7 Oct. Full moon: 22 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1972 month 8 into 1972 month 9 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 12:41:45 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 15:41:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 October 1972 closes lunar 1972 month 8; lunar 1972 month 9 begins 7 October 1972.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1972
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1972 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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8/24乙丑Wood Ox28/25丙寅Fire Tiger38/26丁卯Fire Rabbit48/27戊辰Earth Dragon58/28己巳Earth Snake68/29庚午Metal Horse79/1辛未Metal GoatLunar month opens9/2壬申Water MonkeyCold Dew99/3癸酉Water Rooster109/4甲戌Wood Dog119/5乙亥Wood Pig129/6丙子Fire Rat139/7丁丑Fire Ox149/8戊寅Earth Tiger9/9己卯Earth Rabbit169/10庚辰Metal Dragon179/11辛巳Metal Snake189/12壬午Water Horse199/13癸未Water Goat209/14甲申Wood Monkey219/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month9/16丙戌Fire Dog239/17丁亥Fire PigFrost's Descent249/18戊子Earth Rat259/19己丑Earth Ox269/20庚寅Metal Tiger279/21辛卯Metal Rabbit289/22壬辰Water Dragon9/23癸巳Water Snake309/24甲午Wood Horse319/25乙未Wood GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1972 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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 1972
- 7 October 1972 — lunar 1972 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1972 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1972 at 12:41:45 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1972 at 15:41:27 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 October 1972 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 21 October 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 October 1972 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.