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October 2003 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 9 / 10. Double Ninth Festival: 4 Oct. Full moon: 10 Oct. New moon: 25 Oct. Cold Dew: 9 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 2003 month 9 into 2003 month 10 · Yin Water Goat 癸未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 9 at 01:00:33 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 04:08:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 October 2003 closes lunar 2003 month 9; lunar 2003 month 10 begins 25 October 2003.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2003
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 2003 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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19/6丁未Fire Goat29/7戊申Earth Monkey39/8己酉Earth Rooster9/9庚戌Metal Dog9/10辛亥Metal Pig69/11壬子Water Rat79/12癸丑Water Ox89/13甲寅Wood Tiger99/14乙卯Wood RabbitCold Dew109/15丙辰Fire DragonLunar mid-month119/16丁巳Fire Snake9/17戊午Earth Horse139/18己未Earth Goat149/19庚申Metal Monkey159/20辛酉Metal Rooster169/21壬戌Water Dog179/22癸亥Water Pig189/23甲子Wood Rat9/24乙丑Wood Ox209/25丙寅Fire Tiger219/26丁卯Fire Rabbit229/27戊辰Earth Dragon239/28己巳Earth Snake249/29庚午Metal HorseFrost's Descent2510/1辛未Metal GoatLunar month opens10/2壬申Water Monkey2710/3癸酉Water Rooster2810/4甲戌Wood Dog2910/5乙亥Wood Pig3010/6丙子Fire Rat3110/7丁丑Fire OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2003 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 2003
- 25 October 2003 — lunar 2003 month 9 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2003 month 10 opens.
- 9 October 2003 at 01:00:33 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 2003 at 04:08:27 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 2003 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 October 2003 — the first day of lunar month 10.
- 4 October 2003 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.