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October 2004 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 22 Oct. New moon: 14 Oct. Full moon: 28 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2004 month 8 into 2004 month 9 · Yang Wood Monkey 甲申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 06:49:18 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 09:48:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 October 2004 closes lunar 2004 month 8; lunar 2004 month 9 begins 14 October 2004.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2004
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
October 2004 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/18癸丑Water Ox28/19甲寅Wood Tiger8/20乙卯Wood Rabbit48/21丙辰Fire Dragon58/22丁巳Fire Snake68/23戊午Earth Horse78/24己未Earth Goat88/25庚申Metal MonkeyCold Dew98/26辛酉Metal Rooster8/27壬戌Water Dog118/28癸亥Water Pig128/29甲子Wood Rat138/30乙丑Wood Ox149/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens159/2丁卯Fire Rabbit169/3戊辰Earth Dragon9/4己巳Earth Snake189/5庚午Metal Horse199/6辛未Metal Goat209/7壬申Water Monkey219/8癸酉Water Rooster9/9甲戌Wood Dog239/10乙亥Wood PigFrost's Descent9/11丙子Fire Rat259/12丁丑Fire Ox269/13戊寅Earth Tiger279/14己卯Earth Rabbit289/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month299/16辛巳Metal Snake309/17壬午Water Horse9/18癸未Water GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2004 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 2004
- 14 October 2004 — lunar 2004 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2004 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2004 at 06:49:18 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2004 at 09:48:49 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 October 2004 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 28 October 2004 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 October 2004 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.