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September 1956 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 19 Sept. New moon: 5 Sept. Full moon: 20 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 1956 month 7 into 1956 month 8 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 00:18:56 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 09:35:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 September 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 7; lunar 1956 month 8 begins 5 September 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
September 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/27辛未Metal Goat7/28壬申Water Monkey37/29癸酉Water Rooster47/30甲戌Wood Dog58/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens68/2丙子Fire Rat78/3丁丑Fire Ox88/4戊寅Earth TigerWhite Dew8/5己卯Earth Rabbit108/6庚辰Metal Dragon118/7辛巳Metal Snake128/8壬午Water Horse138/9癸未Water Goat148/10甲申Wood Monkey158/11乙酉Wood Rooster8/12丙戌Fire Dog178/13丁亥Fire Pig188/14戊子Earth Rat8/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month208/16庚寅Metal Tiger218/17辛卯Metal Rabbit228/18壬辰Water Dragon8/19癸巳Water SnakeAutumn Equinox248/20甲午Wood Horse258/21乙未Wood Goat268/22丙申Fire Monkey278/23丁酉Fire Rooster288/24戊戌Earth Dog298/25己亥Earth Pig8/26庚子Metal RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1956 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
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 September 1956
- 5 September 1956 — lunar 1956 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1956 month 8 opens.
- 8 September 1956 at 00:18:56 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 1956 at 09:35:02 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 September 1956 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 19 September 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 September 1956 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.