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August 1960 has 31 days, spanning lunar months leap 6 / 7. Qixi: 28 Aug. Full moon: 7 Aug. New moon: 22 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1960 leap month 6 into 1960 month 7 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 20:59:44 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 11:34:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 21 August 1960 closes lunar 1960 leap month 6; lunar 1960 month 7 begins 22 August 1960.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1960
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
August 1960 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/9辛酉Metal Rooster26/10壬戌Water Dog36/11癸亥Water Pig46/12甲子Wood Rat56/13乙丑Wood Ox66/14丙寅Fire Tiger6/15丁卯Fire RabbitLunar mid-monthBeginning of Autumn86/16戊辰Earth Dragon96/17己巳Earth Snake106/18庚午Metal Horse116/19辛未Metal Goat126/20壬申Water Monkey136/21癸酉Water Rooster6/22甲戌Wood Dog156/23乙亥Wood Pig166/24丙子Fire Rat176/25丁丑Fire Ox186/26戊寅Earth Tiger196/27己卯Earth Rabbit206/28庚辰Metal Dragon6/29辛巳Metal Snake227/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opens237/2癸未Water GoatEnd of Heat247/3甲申Wood Monkey257/4乙酉Wood Rooster267/5丙戌Fire Dog277/6丁亥Fire Pig7/7戊子Earth Rat297/8己丑Earth Ox307/9庚寅Metal Tiger317/10辛卯Metal RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1960 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 6/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 6/22
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
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 1960
- 22 August 1960 — lunar 1960 leap month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1960 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1960 at 20:59:44 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1960 at 11:34:22 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 August 1960 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
- 22 August 1960 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 28 August 1960 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.