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October 1986 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 12 Oct. New moon: 4 Oct. Full moon: 18 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 1986 month 8 into 1986 month 9 · Yang Fire Tiger 丙寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 22:06:45 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 01:14:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 October 1986 closes lunar 1986 month 8; lunar 1986 month 9 begins 4 October 1986.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1986
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1986 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/28戊寅Earth Tiger28/29己卯Earth Rabbit38/30庚辰Metal Dragon49/1辛巳Metal SnakeLunar month opens9/2壬午Water Horse69/3癸未Water Goat79/4甲申Wood Monkey89/5乙酉Wood RoosterCold Dew99/6丙戌Fire Dog109/7丁亥Fire Pig119/8戊子Earth Rat9/9己丑Earth Ox139/10庚寅Metal Tiger149/11辛卯Metal Rabbit159/12壬辰Water Dragon169/13癸巳Water Snake179/14甲午Wood Horse189/15乙未Wood GoatLunar mid-month9/16丙申Fire Monkey209/17丁酉Fire Rooster219/18戊戌Earth Dog229/19己亥Earth Pig239/20庚子Metal Rat249/21辛丑Metal OxFrost's Descent259/22壬寅Water Tiger9/23癸卯Water Rabbit279/24甲辰Wood Dragon289/25乙巳Wood Snake299/26丙午Fire Horse309/27丁未Fire Goat319/28戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1986 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/7
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 1986
- 4 October 1986 — lunar 1986 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1986 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1986 at 22:06:45 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 1986 at 01:14:11 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 October 1986 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 18 October 1986 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 October 1986 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.