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August 1987 has 31 days, spanning lunar months leap 6 / 7. Qixi: 30 Aug. Full moon: 9 Aug. New moon: 24 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 24 Aug.
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Lunar 1987 leap month 6 into 1987 month 7 · Yin Fire Rabbit 丁卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 09:29:13 UTC+8; End of Heat · 24 at 00:09:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 August 1987 closes lunar 1987 leap month 6; lunar 1987 month 7 begins 24 August 1987.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1987
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
August 1987 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/7壬午Water Horse6/8癸未Water Goat36/9甲申Wood Monkey46/10乙酉Wood Rooster56/11丙戌Fire Dog66/12丁亥Fire Pig76/13戊子Earth Rat86/14己丑Earth OxBeginning of Autumn6/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month106/16辛卯Metal Rabbit116/17壬辰Water Dragon126/18癸巳Water Snake136/19甲午Wood Horse146/20乙未Wood Goat156/21丙申Fire Monkey6/22丁酉Fire Rooster176/23戊戌Earth Dog186/24己亥Earth Pig196/25庚子Metal Rat206/26辛丑Metal Ox216/27壬寅Water Tiger226/28癸卯Water Rabbit6/29甲辰Wood Dragon247/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opensEnd of Heat257/2丙午Fire Horse267/3丁未Fire Goat277/4戊申Earth Monkey287/5己酉Earth Rooster297/6庚戌Metal Dog7/7辛亥Metal Pig317/8壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1987 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar leap 6/9
Full moon
Lunar leap 6/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 6/22
New moon
Lunar 7/1
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 1987
- 24 August 1987 — lunar 1987 leap month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1987 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1987 at 09:29:13 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 August 1987 at 00:09:50 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 August 1987 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 August 1987 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 30 August 1987 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.