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September 1959 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 17 Sept. New moon: 3 Sept. Full moon: 17 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 24 Sept.
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Lunar 1959 month 7 into 1959 month 8 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 17:47:54 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 24 at 03:08:24 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 September 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 7; lunar 1959 month 8 begins 3 September 1959.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1959
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
September 1959 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/29丙戌Fire Dog27/30丁亥Fire Pig38/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opens48/2己丑Earth Ox58/3庚寅Metal Tiger8/4辛卯Metal Rabbit78/5壬辰Water Dragon88/6癸巳Water SnakeWhite Dew98/7甲午Wood Horse108/8乙未Wood Goat118/9丙申Fire Monkey128/10丁酉Fire Rooster8/11戊戌Earth Dog148/12己亥Earth Pig158/13庚子Metal Rat168/14辛丑Metal Ox8/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month188/16癸卯Water Rabbit198/17甲辰Wood Dragon8/18乙巳Wood Snake218/19丙午Fire Horse228/20丁未Fire Goat238/21戊申Earth Monkey248/22己酉Earth RoosterAutumn Equinox258/23庚戌Metal Dog268/24辛亥Metal Pig8/25壬子Water Rat288/26癸丑Water Ox298/27甲寅Wood Tiger308/28乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1959 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
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 1959
- 3 September 1959 — lunar 1959 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1959 month 8 opens.
- 8 September 1959 at 17:47:54 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 September 1959 at 03:08:24 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 September 1959 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 17 September 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 September 1959 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.