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October 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 9 / 10. Double Ninth Festival: 4 Oct. Full moon: 12 Oct. New moon: 26 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1973 month 9 into 1973 month 10 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 18:27:15 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 21:30:09 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 October 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 9; lunar 1973 month 10 begins 26 October 1973.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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19/6庚午Metal Horse29/7辛未Metal Goat39/8壬申Water Monkey9/9癸酉Water Rooster59/10甲戌Wood Dog69/11乙亥Wood Pig9/12丙子Fire Rat89/13丁丑Fire OxCold Dew99/14戊寅Earth Tiger109/15己卯Earth RabbitLunar mid-month119/16庚辰Metal Dragon129/17辛巳Metal Snake139/18壬午Water Horse9/19癸未Water Goat159/20甲申Wood Monkey169/21乙酉Wood Rooster179/22丙戌Fire Dog189/23丁亥Fire Pig199/24戊子Earth Rat209/25己丑Earth Ox9/26庚寅Metal Tiger229/27辛卯Metal Rabbit239/28壬辰Water DragonFrost's Descent249/29癸巳Water Snake259/30甲午Wood Horse2610/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens2710/2丙申Fire Monkey10/3丁酉Fire Rooster2910/4戊戌Earth Dog3010/5己亥Earth Pig3110/6庚子Metal RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1973 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 1973
- 26 October 1973 — lunar 1973 month 9 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1973 month 10 opens.
- 8 October 1973 at 18:27:15 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1973 at 21:30:09 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 October 1973 — the first day of lunar month 10.
- 4 October 1973 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.