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August 1953 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 16 Aug. Ghost Festival: 24 Aug. New moon: 10 Aug. Full moon: 25 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1953 month 6 into 1953 month 7 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 04:14:35 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 18:45:09 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 August 1953 closes lunar 1953 month 6; lunar 1953 month 7 begins 10 August 1953.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1953 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/22甲申Wood Monkey6/23乙酉Wood Rooster36/24丙戌Fire Dog46/25丁亥Fire Pig56/26戊子Earth Rat66/27己丑Earth Ox76/28庚寅Metal Tiger86/29辛卯Metal RabbitBeginning of Autumn6/30壬辰Water Dragon107/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens117/2甲午Wood Horse127/3乙未Wood Goat137/4丙申Fire Monkey147/5丁酉Fire Rooster157/6戊戌Earth Dog7/7己亥Earth Pig177/8庚子Metal Rat187/9辛丑Metal Ox197/10壬寅Water Tiger207/11癸卯Water Rabbit217/12甲辰Wood Dragon227/13乙巳Wood Snake7/14丙午Fire HorseEnd of Heat7/15丁未Fire GoatLunar mid-month257/16戊申Earth Monkey267/17己酉Earth Rooster277/18庚戌Metal Dog287/19辛亥Metal Pig297/20壬子Water Rat7/21癸丑Water Ox317/22甲寅Wood TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1953 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
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 1953
- 10 August 1953 — lunar 1953 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1953 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1953 at 04:14:35 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1953 at 18:45:09 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 August 1953 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 24 August 1953 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 August 1953 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 24 August 1953 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.