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October 2015 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 21 Oct. New moon: 13 Oct. Full moon: 27 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 2015 month 8 into 2015 month 9 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 22:42:49 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 01:46:43 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 October 2015 closes lunar 2015 month 8; lunar 2015 month 9 begins 13 October 2015.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2015
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2015 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/19庚戌Metal Dog28/20辛亥Metal Pig38/21壬子Water Rat8/22癸丑Water Ox58/23甲寅Wood Tiger68/24乙卯Wood Rabbit78/25丙辰Fire Dragon88/26丁巳Fire SnakeCold Dew98/27戊午Earth Horse108/28己未Earth Goat8/29庚申Metal Monkey128/30辛酉Metal Rooster139/1壬戌Water DogLunar month opens149/2癸亥Water Pig159/3甲子Wood Rat169/4乙丑Wood Ox179/5丙寅Fire Tiger9/6丁卯Fire Rabbit199/7戊辰Earth Dragon209/8己巳Earth Snake9/9庚午Metal Horse229/10辛未Metal Goat239/11壬申Water Monkey249/12癸酉Water RoosterFrost's Descent9/13甲戌Wood Dog269/14乙亥Wood Pig279/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month289/16丁丑Fire Ox299/17戊寅Earth Tiger309/18己卯Earth Rabbit319/19庚辰Metal DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2015 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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 2015
- 13 October 2015 — lunar 2015 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2015 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2015 at 22:42:49 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 2015 at 01:46:43 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 October 2015 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 27 October 2015 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 October 2015 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.