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October 2002 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 14 Oct. New moon: 6 Oct. Full moon: 21 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2002 month 8 into 2002 month 9 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 19:09:18 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 22:17:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 October 2002 closes lunar 2002 month 8; lunar 2002 month 9 begins 6 October 2002.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2002
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2002 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/25壬寅Water Tiger28/26癸卯Water Rabbit38/27甲辰Wood Dragon48/28乙巳Wood Snake58/29丙午Fire Horse9/1丁未Fire GoatLunar month opens79/2戊申Earth Monkey89/3己酉Earth RoosterCold Dew99/4庚戌Metal Dog109/5辛亥Metal Pig119/6壬子Water Rat129/7癸丑Water Ox9/8甲寅Wood Tiger9/9乙卯Wood Rabbit159/10丙辰Fire Dragon169/11丁巳Fire Snake179/12戊午Earth Horse189/13己未Earth Goat199/14庚申Metal Monkey9/15辛酉Metal RoosterLunar mid-month219/16壬戌Water Dog229/17癸亥Water Pig239/18甲子Wood RatFrost's Descent249/19乙丑Wood Ox259/20丙寅Fire Tiger269/21丁卯Fire Rabbit9/22戊辰Earth Dragon289/23己巳Earth Snake299/24庚午Metal Horse309/25辛未Metal Goat319/26壬申Water MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2002 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
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 2002
- 6 October 2002 — lunar 2002 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2002 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2002 at 19:09:18 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2002 at 22:17:49 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 October 2002 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 20 October 2002 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 October 2002 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.