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October 1980 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 17 Oct. New moon: 9 Oct. Full moon: 24 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1980 month 8 into 1980 month 9 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 11:19:14 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 14:17:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 October 1980 closes lunar 1980 month 8; lunar 1980 month 9 begins 9 October 1980.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1980
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 1980 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/23丁未Fire Goat28/24戊申Earth Monkey38/25己酉Earth Rooster48/26庚戌Metal Dog8/27辛亥Metal Pig68/28壬子Water Rat78/29癸丑Water Ox88/30甲寅Wood TigerCold Dew99/1乙卯Wood RabbitLunar month opens109/2丙辰Fire Dragon119/3丁巳Fire Snake9/4戊午Earth Horse139/5己未Earth Goat149/6庚申Metal Monkey159/7辛酉Metal Rooster169/8壬戌Water Dog9/9癸亥Water Pig189/10甲子Wood Rat9/11乙丑Wood Ox209/12丙寅Fire Tiger219/13丁卯Fire Rabbit229/14戊辰Earth Dragon239/15己巳Earth SnakeLunar mid-monthFrost's Descent249/16庚午Metal Horse259/17辛未Metal Goat9/18壬申Water Monkey279/19癸酉Water Rooster289/20甲戌Wood Dog299/21乙亥Wood Pig309/22丙子Fire Rat319/23丁丑Fire OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1980 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
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 1980
- 9 October 1980 — lunar 1980 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1980 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1980 at 11:19:14 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1980 at 14:17:30 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 October 1980 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 23 October 1980 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 October 1980 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.