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August 1940 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 10 Aug. Ghost Festival: 18 Aug. New moon: 4 Aug. Full moon: 18 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1940 month 6 into 1940 month 7 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 00:51:29 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 15:28:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 August 1940 closes lunar 1940 month 6; lunar 1940 month 7 begins 4 August 1940.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1940
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1940 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/28丙子Fire Rat26/29丁丑Fire Ox36/30戊寅Earth Tiger7/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens57/2庚辰Metal Dragon67/3辛巳Metal Snake77/4壬午Water Horse87/5癸未Water GoatBeginning of Autumn97/6甲申Wood Monkey7/7乙酉Wood Rooster7/8丙戌Fire Dog127/9丁亥Fire Pig137/10戊子Earth Rat147/11己丑Earth Ox157/12庚寅Metal Tiger167/13辛卯Metal Rabbit177/14壬辰Water Dragon7/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month197/16甲午Wood Horse207/17乙未Wood Goat217/18丙申Fire Monkey227/19丁酉Fire Rooster237/20戊戌Earth DogEnd of Heat247/21己亥Earth Pig7/22庚子Metal Rat267/23辛丑Metal Ox277/24壬寅Water Tiger287/25癸卯Water Rabbit297/26甲辰Wood Dragon307/27乙巳Wood Snake317/28丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1940 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/7
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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 August 1940
- 4 August 1940 — lunar 1940 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1940 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1940 at 00:51:29 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1940 at 15:28:30 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 August 1940 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 18 August 1940 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 August 1940 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 18 August 1940 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.