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October 2012 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 23 Oct. New moon: 15 Oct. Full moon: 30 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2012 month 8 into 2012 month 9 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 05:11:43 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 08:13:34 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 October 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 8; lunar 2012 month 9 begins 15 October 2012.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
October 2012 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/16乙未Wood Goat28/17丙申Fire Monkey38/18丁酉Fire Rooster48/19戊戌Earth Dog58/20己亥Earth Pig68/21庚子Metal Rat8/22辛丑Metal Ox88/23壬寅Water TigerCold Dew98/24癸卯Water Rabbit108/25甲辰Wood Dragon118/26乙巳Wood Snake128/27丙午Fire Horse138/28丁未Fire Goat8/29戊申Earth Monkey159/1己酉Earth RoosterLunar month opens169/2庚戌Metal Dog179/3辛亥Metal Pig189/4壬子Water Rat199/5癸丑Water Ox209/6甲寅Wood Tiger9/7乙卯Wood Rabbit229/8丙辰Fire Dragon9/9丁巳Fire SnakeFrost's Descent249/10戊午Earth Horse259/11己未Earth Goat269/12庚申Metal Monkey279/13辛酉Metal Rooster9/14壬戌Water Dog299/15癸亥Water PigLunar mid-month309/16甲子Wood Rat319/17乙丑Wood OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2012 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
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 2012
- 15 October 2012 — lunar 2012 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2012 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2012 at 05:11:43 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2012 at 08:13:34 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 October 2012 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 29 October 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 October 2012 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.