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October 2043 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 11 Oct. New moon: 3 Oct. Full moon: 18 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2043 month 8 into 2043 month 9 · Yin Water Pig 癸亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 17:27:45 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 20:46:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 October 2043 closes lunar 2043 month 8; lunar 2043 month 9 begins 3 October 2043.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2043
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2043 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/29丁丑Fire Ox28/30戊寅Earth Tiger39/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens9/2庚辰Metal Dragon59/3辛巳Metal Snake69/4壬午Water Horse79/5癸未Water Goat89/6甲申Wood MonkeyCold Dew99/7乙酉Wood Rooster109/8丙戌Fire Dog9/9丁亥Fire Pig129/10戊子Earth Rat139/11己丑Earth Ox149/12庚寅Metal Tiger159/13辛卯Metal Rabbit169/14壬辰Water Dragon179/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month9/16甲午Wood Horse199/17乙未Wood Goat209/18丙申Fire Monkey219/19丁酉Fire Rooster229/20戊戌Earth Dog239/21己亥Earth PigFrost's Descent249/22庚子Metal Rat9/23辛丑Metal Ox269/24壬寅Water Tiger279/25癸卯Water Rabbit289/26甲辰Wood Dragon299/27乙巳Wood Snake309/28丙午Fire Horse319/29丁未Fire GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2043 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 2043
- 3 October 2043 — lunar 2043 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2043 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2043 at 17:27:45 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2043 at 20:46:53 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 October 2043 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 17 October 2043 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 October 2043 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.