A week has past since the full Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival) that followed the Equinox. The 17th Solar Term of Cold Dew (Hanlu 寒露) gets under ways on 8 Oct., as does a New zodiacial month - Yang Water Dog month. Followed by the New Chinese lunar month, kick starting the 9th or Chrysanthemum month; as it was known to the Ancients.
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National Moon Day
On July 20th 1969 man took his first step on the moon - 52 years ago. Since 1971 it’s been commemorated as National Moon Landing Day. The two main luminaries in the sky - Sun and Moon, have preoccupied mankind since the dawn of time. With Moon lending its name in part to Monday, derived from Middle English Monenday, originally a translation of Latin, meaning "day of the Moon". In addition to being cognate with month and moon.
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