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August 1978 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: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1978 month 6 into 1978 month 7 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 05:17:40 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 19:56:46 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 August 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 6; lunar 1978 month 7 begins 4 August 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/28乙未Wood Goat26/29丙申Fire Monkey36/30丁酉Fire Rooster47/1戊戌Earth DogLunar month opens57/2己亥Earth Pig7/3庚子Metal Rat77/4辛丑Metal Ox87/5壬寅Water TigerBeginning of Autumn97/6癸卯Water Rabbit7/7甲辰Wood Dragon117/8乙巳Wood Snake127/9丙午Fire Horse7/10丁未Fire Goat147/11戊申Earth Monkey157/12己酉Earth Rooster167/13庚戌Metal Dog177/14辛亥Metal Pig7/15壬子Water RatLunar mid-month197/16癸丑Water Ox7/17甲寅Wood Tiger217/18乙卯Wood Rabbit227/19丙辰Fire Dragon237/20丁巳Fire SnakeEnd of Heat247/21戊午Earth Horse257/22己未Earth Goat267/23庚申Metal Monkey7/24辛酉Metal Rooster287/25壬戌Water Dog297/26癸亥Water Pig307/27甲子Wood Rat317/28乙丑Wood OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
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 1978
- 4 August 1978 — lunar 1978 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1978 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1978 at 05:17:40 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1978 at 19:56:46 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 August 1978 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 18 August 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 August 1978 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 18 August 1978 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.