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October 1985 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 22 Oct. New moon: 14 Oct. Full moon: 29 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1985 month 8 into 1985 month 9 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 16:24:33 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 19:21:52 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 October 1985 closes lunar 1985 month 8; lunar 1985 month 9 begins 14 October 1985.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/17癸酉Water Rooster28/18甲戌Wood Dog38/19乙亥Wood Pig48/20丙子Fire Rat58/21丁丑Fire Ox8/22戊寅Earth Tiger78/23己卯Earth Rabbit88/24庚辰Metal DragonCold Dew98/25辛巳Metal Snake108/26壬午Water Horse118/27癸未Water Goat128/28甲申Wood Monkey8/29乙酉Wood Rooster149/1丙戌Fire DogLunar month opens159/2丁亥Fire Pig169/3戊子Earth Rat179/4己丑Earth Ox189/5庚寅Metal Tiger199/6辛卯Metal Rabbit9/7壬辰Water Dragon219/8癸巳Water Snake9/9甲午Wood Horse239/10乙未Wood GoatFrost's Descent249/11丙申Fire Monkey259/12丁酉Fire Rooster269/13戊戌Earth Dog9/14己亥Earth Pig289/15庚子Metal RatLunar mid-month299/16辛丑Metal Ox309/17壬寅Water Tiger319/18癸卯Water RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1985 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
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 1985
- 14 October 1985 — lunar 1985 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1985 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1985 at 16:24:33 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1985 at 19:21:52 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 October 1985 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 28 October 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 October 1985 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.