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October 2010 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 16 Oct. New moon: 8 Oct. Full moon: 23 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2010 month 8 into 2010 month 9 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 17:26:29 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 20:35:04 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 October 2010 closes lunar 2010 month 8; lunar 2010 month 9 begins 8 October 2010.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2010
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2010 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/24甲申Wood Monkey28/25乙酉Wood Rooster8/26丙戌Fire Dog48/27丁亥Fire Pig58/28戊子Earth Rat68/29己丑Earth Ox78/30庚寅Metal Tiger89/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opensCold Dew99/2壬辰Water Dragon9/3癸巳Water Snake119/4甲午Wood Horse129/5乙未Wood Goat139/6丙申Fire Monkey149/7丁酉Fire Rooster159/8戊戌Earth Dog9/9己亥Earth Pig9/10庚子Metal Rat189/11辛丑Metal Ox199/12壬寅Water Tiger209/13癸卯Water Rabbit219/14甲辰Wood Dragon229/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month239/16丙午Fire HorseFrost's Descent9/17丁未Fire Goat259/18戊申Earth Monkey269/19己酉Earth Rooster279/20庚戌Metal Dog289/21辛亥Metal Pig299/22壬子Water Rat309/23癸丑Water Ox9/24甲寅Wood TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2010 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 2010
- 8 October 2010 — lunar 2010 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2010 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2010 at 17:26:29 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2010 at 20:35:04 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 October 2010 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 22 October 2010 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 October 2010 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.