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August 1981 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 6 Aug. Ghost Festival: 14 Aug. Full moon: 16 Aug. New moon: 29 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1981 month 7 into 1981 month 8 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 22:57:09 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 13:38:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 August 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 7; lunar 1981 month 8 begins 29 August 1981.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/2辛亥Metal Pig7/3壬子Water Rat37/4癸丑Water Ox47/5甲寅Wood Tiger57/6乙卯Wood Rabbit7/7丙辰Fire Dragon77/8丁巳Fire SnakeBeginning of Autumn87/9戊午Earth Horse7/10己未Earth Goat107/11庚申Metal Monkey117/12辛酉Metal Rooster127/13壬戌Water Dog137/14癸亥Water Pig7/15甲子Wood RatLunar mid-month157/16乙丑Wood Ox7/17丙寅Fire Tiger177/18丁卯Fire Rabbit187/19戊辰Earth Dragon197/20己巳Earth Snake207/21庚午Metal Horse217/22辛未Metal Goat227/23壬申Water Monkey7/24癸酉Water RoosterEnd of Heat247/25甲戌Wood Dog257/26乙亥Wood Pig267/27丙子Fire Rat277/28丁丑Fire Ox287/29戊寅Earth Tiger298/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens8/2庚辰Metal Dragon318/3辛巳Metal SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/17
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 1981
- 29 August 1981 — lunar 1981 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1981 month 8 opens.
- 7 August 1981 at 22:57:09 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1981 at 13:38:10 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 August 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 August 1981 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 6 August 1981 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 14 August 1981 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.