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August 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 5 Aug. Ghost Festival: 13 Aug. Full moon: 14 Aug. New moon: 28 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1973 month 7 into 1973 month 8 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 00:12:48 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 14:53:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 August 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 7; lunar 1973 month 8 begins 28 August 1973.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1973 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/3己巳Earth Snake27/4庚午Metal Horse37/5辛未Metal Goat47/6壬申Water Monkey7/7癸酉Water Rooster67/8甲戌Wood Dog77/9乙亥Wood Pig87/10丙子Fire RatBeginning of Autumn97/11丁丑Fire Ox107/12戊寅Earth Tiger117/13己卯Earth Rabbit7/14庚辰Metal Dragon7/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month147/16壬午Water Horse157/17癸未Water Goat167/18甲申Wood Monkey177/19乙酉Wood Rooster187/20丙戌Fire Dog7/21丁亥Fire Pig207/22戊子Earth Rat217/23己丑Earth Ox227/24庚寅Metal Tiger237/25辛卯Metal RabbitEnd of Heat247/26壬辰Water Dragon257/27癸巳Water Snake7/28甲午Wood Horse277/29乙未Wood Goat288/1丙申Fire MonkeyLunar month opens298/2丁酉Fire Rooster308/3戊戌Earth Dog318/4己亥Earth PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1973 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
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 1973
- 28 August 1973 — lunar 1973 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1973 month 8 opens.
- 8 August 1973 at 00:12:48 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1973 at 14:53:27 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 August 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 August 1973 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 5 August 1973 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 13 August 1973 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.