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August 1972 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 15 Aug. Ghost Festival: 23 Aug. New moon: 9 Aug. Full moon: 25 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1972 month 6 into 1972 month 7 · Yang Water Rat 壬子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 18:28:29 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 09:03:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 August 1972 closes lunar 1972 month 6; lunar 1972 month 7 begins 9 August 1972.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1972
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1972 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/22甲子Wood Rat26/23乙丑Wood Ox36/24丙寅Fire Tiger46/25丁卯Fire Rabbit56/26戊辰Earth Dragon6/27己巳Earth Snake76/28庚午Metal HorseBeginning of Autumn86/29辛未Metal Goat97/1壬申Water MonkeyLunar month opens107/2癸酉Water Rooster117/3甲戌Wood Dog127/4乙亥Wood Pig7/5丙子Fire Rat147/6丁丑Fire Ox7/7戊寅Earth Tiger167/8己卯Earth Rabbit177/9庚辰Metal Dragon187/10辛巳Metal Snake197/11壬午Water Horse7/12癸未Water Goat217/13甲申Wood Monkey227/14乙酉Wood Rooster7/15丙戌Fire DogLunar mid-monthEnd of Heat247/16丁亥Fire Pig257/17戊子Earth Rat267/18己丑Earth Ox7/19庚寅Metal Tiger287/20辛卯Metal Rabbit297/21壬辰Water Dragon307/22癸巳Water Snake317/23甲午Wood HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1972 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/17
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 1972
- 9 August 1972 — lunar 1972 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1972 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1972 at 18:28:29 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1972 at 09:03:01 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 August 1972 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 23 August 1972 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 August 1972 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 23 August 1972 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.