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October 1978 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 10 Oct. New moon: 2 Oct. Full moon: 16 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1978 month 8 into 1978 month 9 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 23:30:54 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 02:37:09 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 1 October 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 8; lunar 1978 month 9 begins 2 October 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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8/29丙申Fire Monkey29/1丁酉Fire RoosterLunar month opens39/2戊戌Earth Dog49/3己亥Earth Pig59/4庚子Metal Rat69/5辛丑Metal Ox79/6壬寅Water Tiger9/7癸卯Water RabbitCold Dew99/8甲辰Wood Dragon9/9乙巳Wood Snake119/10丙午Fire Horse129/11丁未Fire Goat139/12戊申Earth Monkey149/13己酉Earth Rooster9/14庚戌Metal Dog169/15辛亥Metal PigLunar mid-month179/16壬子Water Rat189/17癸丑Water Ox199/18甲寅Wood Tiger209/19乙卯Wood Rabbit219/20丙辰Fire Dragon9/21丁巳Fire Snake239/22戊午Earth Horse249/23己未Earth GoatFrost's Descent259/24庚申Metal Monkey269/25辛酉Metal Rooster279/26壬戌Water Dog289/27癸亥Water Pig9/28甲子Wood Rat309/29乙丑Wood Ox319/30丙寅Fire TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 1978
- 2 October 1978 — lunar 1978 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1978 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1978 at 23:30:54 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1978 at 02:37:09 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 October 1978 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 16 October 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 October 1978 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.