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August 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 12 Aug. Ghost Festival: 20 Aug. New moon: 6 Aug. Full moon: 21 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1956 month 6 into 1956 month 7 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 21:40:12 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 12:14:46 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 August 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 6; lunar 1956 month 7 begins 6 August 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/25庚子Metal Rat26/26辛丑Metal Ox36/27壬寅Water Tiger46/28癸卯Water Rabbit6/29甲辰Wood Dragon67/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opens77/2丙午Fire HorseBeginning of Autumn87/3丁未Fire Goat97/4戊申Earth Monkey107/5己酉Earth Rooster117/6庚戌Metal Dog7/7辛亥Metal Pig137/8壬子Water Rat147/9癸丑Water Ox157/10甲寅Wood Tiger167/11乙卯Wood Rabbit177/12丙辰Fire Dragon187/13丁巳Fire Snake7/14戊午Earth Horse7/15己未Earth GoatLunar mid-month217/16庚申Metal Monkey227/17辛酉Metal Rooster237/18壬戌Water DogEnd of Heat247/19癸亥Water Pig257/20甲子Wood Rat7/21乙丑Wood Ox277/22丙寅Fire Tiger287/23丁卯Fire Rabbit297/24戊辰Earth Dragon307/25己巳Earth Snake317/26庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1956 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 1956
- 6 August 1956 — lunar 1956 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1956 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1956 at 21:40:12 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1956 at 12:14:46 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 August 1956 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 20 August 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 August 1956 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 20 August 1956 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.