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September 1978 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: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 1978 month 7 into 1978 month 8 · Yang Earth Horse 戊午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 08:02:24 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 17:25:24 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 September 1978 closes lunar 1978 month 7; lunar 1978 month 8 begins 3 September 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1978
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
September 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/29丙寅Fire Tiger27/30丁卯Fire Rabbit8/1戊辰Earth DragonLunar month opens48/2己巳Earth Snake58/3庚午Metal Horse68/4辛未Metal Goat78/5壬申Water Monkey88/6癸酉Water RoosterWhite Dew98/7甲戌Wood Dog8/8乙亥Wood Pig118/9丙子Fire Rat128/10丁丑Fire Ox138/11戊寅Earth Tiger148/12己卯Earth Rabbit158/13庚辰Metal Dragon168/14辛巳Metal Snake8/15壬午Water HorseLunar mid-month188/16癸未Water Goat198/17甲申Wood Monkey208/18乙酉Wood Rooster218/19丙戌Fire Dog228/20丁亥Fire Pig238/21戊子Earth RatAutumn Equinox8/22己丑Earth Ox258/23庚寅Metal Tiger268/24辛卯Metal Rabbit278/25壬辰Water Dragon288/26癸巳Water Snake298/27甲午Wood Horse308/28乙未Wood GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
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 September 1978
- 3 September 1978 — lunar 1978 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1978 month 8 opens.
- 8 September 1978 at 08:02:24 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 1978 at 17:25:24 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 September 1978 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 17 September 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 September 1978 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.