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October 1981 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 9 / 10. Double Ninth Festival: 6 Oct. Full moon: 13 Oct. New moon: 28 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1981 month 9 into 1981 month 10 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 17:09:32 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 20:12:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 October 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 9; lunar 1981 month 10 begins 28 October 1981.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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19/4壬子Water Rat29/5癸丑Water Ox39/6甲寅Wood Tiger9/7乙卯Wood Rabbit59/8丙辰Fire Dragon9/9丁巳Fire Snake79/10戊午Earth Horse89/11己未Earth GoatCold Dew99/12庚申Metal Monkey109/13辛酉Metal Rooster9/14壬戌Water Dog129/15癸亥Water PigLunar mid-month139/16甲子Wood Rat149/17乙丑Wood Ox159/18丙寅Fire Tiger169/19丁卯Fire Rabbit179/20戊辰Earth Dragon9/21己巳Earth Snake199/22庚午Metal Horse209/23辛未Metal Goat219/24壬申Water Monkey229/25癸酉Water Rooster239/26甲戌Wood DogFrost's Descent249/27乙亥Wood Pig9/28丙子Fire Rat269/29丁丑Fire Ox279/30戊寅Earth Tiger2810/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens2910/2庚辰Metal Dragon3010/3辛巳Metal Snake3110/4壬午Water HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 1981
- 28 October 1981 — lunar 1981 month 9 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1981 month 10 opens.
- 8 October 1981 at 17:09:32 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1981 at 20:12:49 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 October 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 October 1981 — the first day of lunar month 10.
- 6 October 1981 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.