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August 1948 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 11 Aug. Ghost Festival: 19 Aug. New moon: 5 Aug. Full moon: 20 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1948 month 6 into 1948 month 7 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 23:26:17 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 14:02:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 August 1948 closes lunar 1948 month 6; lunar 1948 month 7 begins 5 August 1948.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1948
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1948 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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6/26戊午Earth Horse26/27己未Earth Goat36/28庚申Metal Monkey46/29辛酉Metal Rooster57/1壬戌Water DogLunar month opens67/2癸亥Water Pig77/3甲子Wood RatBeginning of Autumn7/4乙丑Wood Ox97/5丙寅Fire Tiger107/6丁卯Fire Rabbit7/7戊辰Earth Dragon127/8己巳Earth Snake137/9庚午Metal Horse147/10辛未Metal Goat7/11壬申Water Monkey167/12癸酉Water Rooster177/13甲戌Wood Dog187/14乙亥Wood Pig7/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month207/16丁丑Fire Ox217/17戊寅Earth Tiger7/18己卯Earth Rabbit237/19庚辰Metal DragonEnd of Heat247/20辛巳Metal Snake257/21壬午Water Horse267/22癸未Water Goat277/23甲申Wood Monkey287/24乙酉Wood Rooster7/25丙戌Fire Dog307/26丁亥Fire Pig317/27戊子Earth RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1948 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/24
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 1948
- 5 August 1948 — lunar 1948 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1948 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1948 at 23:26:17 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1948 at 14:02:30 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 August 1948 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 19 August 1948 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 August 1948 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 19 August 1948 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.