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August 1989 Chinese lunar calendar

August 1989 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7 / 8. Qixi: 8 Aug. Ghost Festival: 16 Aug. New moon: 2 Aug. Full moon: 17 Aug. New moon: 31 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.

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Lunar 1989 month 6 into 1989 month 7 into 1989 month 8 · Yin Earth Snake 己巳 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Water Monkey · 壬申
Solar terms
Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 21:03:52 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 11:46:13 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
1 August 1989 closes lunar 1989 month 6; lunar 1989 month 7 begins 2 August 1989. 30 August 1989 closes lunar 1989 month 7; lunar 1989 month 8 begins 31 August 1989.

Lunar-year structure

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Lunar 1989

12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

August 1989 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 7/9

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 7/16

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 7/23

  5. 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 1989

  • 2 August 1989 — lunar 1989 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1989 month 7 opens.
  • 31 August 1989 — lunar 1989 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1989 month 8 opens.
  • 7 August 1989 at 21:03:52 UTC+8Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 23 August 1989 at 11:46:13 UTC+8End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 2 August 1989the first day of lunar month 7.
  • 16 August 1989lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
  • 31 August 1989the first day of lunar month 8.
  • 8 August 1989Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
  • 16 August 1989Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

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