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October 2018 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 17 Oct. New moon: 9 Oct. Full moon: 25 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2018 month 8 into 2018 month 9 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 16:14:43 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 19:22:24 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 October 2018 closes lunar 2018 month 8; lunar 2018 month 9 begins 9 October 2018.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/22丙寅Fire Tiger28/23丁卯Fire Rabbit38/24戊辰Earth Dragon48/25己巳Earth Snake58/26庚午Metal Horse68/27辛未Metal Goat8/28壬申Water Monkey88/29癸酉Water RoosterCold Dew99/1甲戌Wood DogLunar month opens109/2乙亥Wood Pig119/3丙子Fire Rat129/4丁丑Fire Ox139/5戊寅Earth Tiger9/6己卯Earth Rabbit159/7庚辰Metal Dragon169/8辛巳Metal Snake9/9壬午Water Horse189/10癸未Water Goat199/11甲申Wood Monkey209/12乙酉Wood Rooster9/13丙戌Fire Dog229/14丁亥Fire Pig239/15戊子Earth RatLunar mid-monthFrost's Descent249/16己丑Earth Ox259/17庚寅Metal Tiger269/18辛卯Metal Rabbit279/19壬辰Water Dragon9/20癸巳Water Snake299/21甲午Wood Horse309/22乙未Wood Goat319/23丙申Fire MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2018 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
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 2018
- 9 October 2018 — lunar 2018 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2018 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2018 at 16:14:43 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2018 at 19:22:24 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 October 2018 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 23 October 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 October 2018 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.