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October 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 20 Oct. New moon: 12 Oct. Full moon: 26 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1996 month 8 into 1996 month 9 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 08:18:42 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 11:18:42 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 October 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 8; lunar 1996 month 9 begins 12 October 1996.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/19辛未Metal Goat28/20壬申Water Monkey38/21癸酉Water Rooster48/22甲戌Wood Dog58/23乙亥Wood Pig8/24丙子Fire Rat78/25丁丑Fire Ox88/26戊寅Earth TigerCold Dew98/27己卯Earth Rabbit108/28庚辰Metal Dragon118/29辛巳Metal Snake129/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opens9/2癸未Water Goat149/3甲申Wood Monkey159/4乙酉Wood Rooster169/5丙戌Fire Dog179/6丁亥Fire Pig189/7戊子Earth Rat199/8己丑Earth Ox9/9庚寅Metal Tiger219/10辛卯Metal Rabbit229/11壬辰Water Dragon239/12癸巳Water SnakeFrost's Descent249/13甲午Wood Horse259/14乙未Wood Goat269/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month9/16丁酉Fire Rooster289/17戊戌Earth Dog299/18己亥Earth Pig309/19庚子Metal Rat319/20辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1996 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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 1996
- 12 October 1996 — lunar 1996 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1996 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1996 at 08:18:42 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1996 at 11:18:42 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 October 1996 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 26 October 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 October 1996 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.