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August 1988 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 18 Aug. Ghost Festival: 26 Aug. New moon: 12 Aug. Full moon: 27 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1988 month 6 into 1988 month 7 · Yang Earth Dragon 戊辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 15:20:15 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 05:54:00 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 August 1988 closes lunar 1988 month 6; lunar 1988 month 7 begins 12 August 1988.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1988
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 1988 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/19戊子Earth Rat26/20己丑Earth Ox36/21庚寅Metal Tiger46/22辛卯Metal Rabbit56/23壬辰Water Dragon66/24癸巳Water Snake6/25甲午Wood HorseBeginning of Autumn86/26乙未Wood Goat96/27丙申Fire Monkey106/28丁酉Fire Rooster116/29戊戌Earth Dog127/1己亥Earth PigLunar month opens137/2庚子Metal Rat7/3辛丑Metal Ox157/4壬寅Water Tiger167/5癸卯Water Rabbit177/6甲辰Wood Dragon7/7乙巳Wood Snake197/8丙午Fire Horse207/9丁未Fire Goat7/10戊申Earth Monkey227/11己酉Earth Rooster237/12庚戌Metal DogEnd of Heat247/13辛亥Metal Pig257/14壬子Water Rat7/15癸丑Water OxLunar mid-month277/16甲寅Wood Tiger7/17乙卯Wood Rabbit297/18丙辰Fire Dragon307/19丁巳Fire Snake317/20戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1988 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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 1988
- 12 August 1988 — lunar 1988 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1988 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1988 at 15:20:15 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1988 at 05:54:00 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 August 1988 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 26 August 1988 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 August 1988 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 26 August 1988 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.