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October 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 19 Oct. New moon: 11 Oct. Full moon: 25 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1988 month 8 into 1988 month 9 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 09:44:30 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 12:44:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 October 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 8; lunar 1988 month 9 begins 11 October 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/21己丑Earth Ox8/22庚寅Metal Tiger38/23辛卯Metal Rabbit48/24壬辰Water Dragon58/25癸巳Water Snake68/26甲午Wood Horse78/27乙未Wood Goat88/28丙申Fire MonkeyCold Dew8/29丁酉Fire Rooster108/30戊戌Earth Dog119/1己亥Earth PigLunar month opens129/2庚子Metal Rat139/3辛丑Metal Ox149/4壬寅Water Tiger159/5癸卯Water Rabbit9/6甲辰Wood Dragon179/7乙巳Wood Snake189/8丙午Fire Horse9/9丁未Fire Goat209/10戊申Earth Monkey219/11己酉Earth Rooster229/12庚戌Metal Dog9/13辛亥Metal PigFrost's Descent249/14壬子Water Rat259/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month269/16甲寅Wood Tiger279/17乙卯Wood Rabbit289/18丙辰Fire Dragon299/19丁巳Fire Snake9/20戊午Earth Horse319/21己未Earth GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1988 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 1988
- 11 October 1988 — lunar 1988 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1988 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1988 at 09:44:30 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1988 at 12:44:06 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 October 1988 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 25 October 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 October 1988 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.