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October 1979 Chinese lunar calendar

October 1979 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Mid-Autumn Festival: 5 Oct. Double Ninth Festival: 29 Oct. Full moon: 6 Oct. New moon: 21 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.

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Lunar 1979 month 8 into 1979 month 9 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
Solar terms
Cold Dew · 9 at 05:30:02 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 08:27:50 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
20 October 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 8; lunar 1979 month 9 begins 21 October 1979.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 1979

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

October 1979 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 8/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 8/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 9/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 9/8

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 1979

  • 21 October 1979 — lunar 1979 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1979 month 9 opens.
  • 9 October 1979 at 05:30:02 UTC+8Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 24 October 1979 at 08:27:50 UTC+8Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 5 October 1979lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
  • 21 October 1979the first day of lunar month 9.
  • 5 October 1979Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.
  • 29 October 1979Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.

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