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August 1949 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / leap 7. Qixi: 1 Aug. Ghost Festival: 9 Aug. Full moon: 9 Aug. New moon: 24 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1949 month 7 into 1949 leap month 7 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 05:14:56 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 19:48:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 August 1949 closes lunar 1949 month 7; lunar 1949 leap month 7 begins 24 August 1949.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1949
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
August 1949 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1949 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/7
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar leap 7/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 7/8
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 1949
- 24 August 1949 — lunar 1949 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1949 leap month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1949 at 05:14:56 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1949 at 19:48:11 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 August 1949 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 August 1949 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 1 August 1949 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 9 August 1949 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.