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September 1979 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Ghost Festival: 6 Sept. Full moon: 6 Sept. New moon: 21 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 1979 month 7 into 1979 month 8 · Yin Earth Goat 己未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 13:59:45 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 23:16:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 September 1979 closes lunar 1979 month 7; lunar 1979 month 8 begins 21 September 1979.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1979
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
September 1979 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/10辛未Metal Goat7/11壬申Water Monkey37/12癸酉Water Rooster47/13甲戌Wood Dog57/14乙亥Wood Pig7/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month77/16丁丑Fire Ox87/17戊寅Earth TigerWhite Dew7/18己卯Earth Rabbit107/19庚辰Metal Dragon117/20辛巳Metal Snake127/21壬午Water Horse137/22癸未Water Goat147/23甲申Wood Monkey157/24乙酉Wood Rooster7/25丙戌Fire Dog177/26丁亥Fire Pig187/27戊子Earth Rat197/28己丑Earth Ox207/29庚寅Metal Tiger218/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens228/2壬辰Water Dragon8/3癸巳Water SnakeAutumn Equinox248/4甲午Wood Horse258/5乙未Wood Goat268/6丙申Fire Monkey278/7丁酉Fire Rooster288/8戊戌Earth Dog298/9己亥Earth Pig8/10庚子Metal RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1979 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
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 September 1979
- 21 September 1979 — lunar 1979 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1979 month 8 opens.
- 8 September 1979 at 13:59:45 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 1979 at 23:16:22 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 September 1979 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 September 1979 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 6 September 1979 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.