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October 2042 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 22 Oct. New moon: 14 Oct. Full moon: 29 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2042 month 8 into 2042 month 9 · Yang Water Dog 壬戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 11:40:37 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 14:49:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 October 2042 closes lunar 2042 month 8; lunar 2042 month 9 begins 14 October 2042.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2042
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
October 2042 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/18壬申Water Monkey28/19癸酉Water Rooster38/20甲戌Wood Dog48/21乙亥Wood Pig8/22丙子Fire Rat68/23丁丑Fire Ox78/24戊寅Earth Tiger88/25己卯Earth RabbitCold Dew98/26庚辰Metal Dragon108/27辛巳Metal Snake118/28壬午Water Horse8/29癸未Water Goat138/30甲申Wood Monkey149/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens159/2丙戌Fire Dog169/3丁亥Fire Pig179/4戊子Earth Rat189/5己丑Earth Ox9/6庚寅Metal Tiger209/7辛卯Metal Rabbit219/8壬辰Water Dragon9/9癸巳Water Snake239/10甲午Wood HorseFrost's Descent249/11乙未Wood Goat259/12丙申Fire Monkey9/13丁酉Fire Rooster279/14戊戌Earth Dog289/15己亥Earth PigLunar mid-month299/16庚子Metal Rat309/17辛丑Metal Ox319/18壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2042 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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 2042
- 14 October 2042 — lunar 2042 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2042 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2042 at 11:40:37 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2042 at 14:49:35 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 October 2042 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 28 October 2042 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 October 2042 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.