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October 2008 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 9 / 10. Double Ninth Festival: 7 Oct. Full moon: 15 Oct. New moon: 29 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2008 month 9 into 2008 month 10 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 05:56:38 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 09:08:39 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 October 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 9; lunar 2008 month 10 begins 29 October 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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19/3甲戌Wood Dog29/4乙亥Wood Pig39/5丙子Fire Rat49/6丁丑Fire Ox9/7戊寅Earth Tiger69/8己卯Earth Rabbit9/9庚辰Metal Dragon89/10辛巳Metal SnakeCold Dew99/11壬午Water Horse109/12癸未Water Goat119/13甲申Wood Monkey9/14乙酉Wood Rooster139/15丙戌Fire DogLunar mid-month149/16丁亥Fire Pig159/17戊子Earth Rat169/18己丑Earth Ox179/19庚寅Metal Tiger189/20辛卯Metal Rabbit9/21壬辰Water Dragon209/22癸巳Water Snake219/23甲午Wood Horse229/24乙未Wood Goat239/25丙申Fire MonkeyFrost's Descent249/26丁酉Fire Rooster259/27戊戌Earth Dog9/28己亥Earth Pig279/29庚子Metal Rat289/30辛丑Metal Ox2910/1壬寅Water TigerLunar month opens3010/2癸卯Water Rabbit3110/3甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2008 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
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 2008
- 29 October 2008 — lunar 2008 month 9 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2008 month 10 opens.
- 8 October 2008 at 05:56:38 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2008 at 09:08:39 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 October 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 October 2008 — the first day of lunar month 10.
- 7 October 2008 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.