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October 2022 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 9 / 10. Double Ninth Festival: 4 Oct. Full moon: 10 Oct. New moon: 25 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2022 month 9 into 2022 month 10 · Yang Water Tiger 壬寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 15:22:28 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 18:35:43 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 October 2022 closes lunar 2022 month 9; lunar 2022 month 10 begins 25 October 2022.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2022
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 2022 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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19/6丁亥Fire Pig9/7戊子Earth Rat39/8己丑Earth Ox9/9庚寅Metal Tiger59/10辛卯Metal Rabbit69/11壬辰Water Dragon79/12癸巳Water Snake89/13甲午Wood HorseCold Dew9/14乙未Wood Goat109/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month119/16丁酉Fire Rooster129/17戊戌Earth Dog139/18己亥Earth Pig149/19庚子Metal Rat159/20辛丑Metal Ox9/21壬寅Water Tiger179/22癸卯Water Rabbit189/23甲辰Wood Dragon199/24乙巳Wood Snake209/25丙午Fire Horse219/26丁未Fire Goat229/27戊申Earth Monkey9/28己酉Earth RoosterFrost's Descent249/29庚戌Metal Dog2510/1辛亥Metal PigLunar month opens2610/2壬子Water Rat2710/3癸丑Water Ox2810/4甲寅Wood Tiger2910/5乙卯Wood Rabbit10/6丙辰Fire Dragon3110/7丁巳Fire SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2022 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 2022
- 25 October 2022 — lunar 2022 month 9 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2022 month 10 opens.
- 8 October 2022 at 15:22:28 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2022 at 18:35:43 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 2022 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 October 2022 — the first day of lunar month 10.
- 4 October 2022 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.