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August 1959 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 10 Aug. Ghost Festival: 18 Aug. New moon: 4 Aug. Full moon: 18 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 24 Aug.
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Lunar 1959 month 6 into 1959 month 7 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 15:04:04 UTC+8; End of Heat · 24 at 05:43:29 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 August 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 6; lunar 1959 month 7 begins 4 August 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/27乙卯Wood Rabbit6/28丙辰Fire Dragon36/29丁巳Fire Snake47/1戊午Earth HorseLunar month opens57/2己未Earth Goat67/3庚申Metal Monkey77/4辛酉Metal Rooster87/5壬戌Water DogBeginning of Autumn7/6癸亥Water Pig7/7甲子Wood Rat117/8乙丑Wood Ox127/9丙寅Fire Tiger137/10丁卯Fire Rabbit147/11戊辰Earth Dragon157/12己巳Earth Snake7/13庚午Metal Horse177/14辛未Metal Goat7/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month197/16癸酉Water Rooster207/17甲戌Wood Dog217/18乙亥Wood Pig227/19丙子Fire Rat7/20丁丑Fire Ox247/21戊寅Earth TigerEnd of Heat257/22己卯Earth Rabbit267/23庚辰Metal Dragon277/24辛巳Metal Snake287/25壬午Water Horse297/26癸未Water Goat7/27甲申Wood Monkey317/28乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1959 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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 August 1959
- 4 August 1959 — lunar 1959 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1959 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1959 at 15:04:04 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 August 1959 at 05:43:29 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 August 1959 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 18 August 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 August 1959 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 18 August 1959 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.