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September 1981 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Mid-Autumn Festival: 12 Sept. Full moon: 14 Sept. New moon: 28 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 1981 month 8 into 1981 month 9 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 01:43:13 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 11:05:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 September 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 8; lunar 1981 month 9 begins 28 September 1981.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
September 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/4壬午Water Horse28/5癸未Water Goat38/6甲申Wood Monkey48/7乙酉Wood Rooster58/8丙戌Fire Dog8/9丁亥Fire Pig78/10戊子Earth Rat88/11己丑Earth OxWhite Dew98/12庚寅Metal Tiger108/13辛卯Metal Rabbit118/14壬辰Water Dragon8/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month8/16甲午Wood Horse148/17乙未Wood Goat158/18丙申Fire Monkey168/19丁酉Fire Rooster178/20戊戌Earth Dog188/21己亥Earth Pig198/22庚子Metal Rat8/23辛丑Metal Ox218/24壬寅Water Tiger228/25癸卯Water Rabbit238/26甲辰Wood DragonAutumn Equinox248/27乙巳Wood Snake258/28丙午Fire Horse268/29丁未Fire Goat8/30戊申Earth Monkey289/1己酉Earth RoosterLunar month opens299/2庚戌Metal Dog309/3辛亥Metal PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
Full moon
Lunar 8/17
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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 September 1981
- 28 September 1981 — lunar 1981 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1981 month 9 opens.
- 8 September 1981 at 01:43:13 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 1981 at 11:05:11 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 September 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 September 1981 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 12 September 1981 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.