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August 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 20 Aug. Ghost Festival: 28 Aug. New moon: 14 Aug. Full moon: 29 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1996 month 6 into 1996 month 7 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 13:48:49 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 04:22:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 August 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 6; lunar 1996 month 7 begins 14 August 1996.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/17庚午Metal Horse26/18辛未Metal Goat36/19壬申Water Monkey6/20癸酉Water Rooster56/21甲戌Wood Dog66/22乙亥Wood Pig76/23丙子Fire RatBeginning of Autumn86/24丁丑Fire Ox96/25戊寅Earth Tiger106/26己卯Earth Rabbit6/27庚辰Metal Dragon126/28辛巳Metal Snake136/29壬午Water Horse147/1癸未Water GoatLunar month opens157/2甲申Wood Monkey167/3乙酉Wood Rooster177/4丙戌Fire Dog7/5丁亥Fire Pig197/6戊子Earth Rat7/7己丑Earth Ox217/8庚寅Metal Tiger227/9辛卯Metal Rabbit237/10壬辰Water DragonEnd of Heat247/11癸巳Water Snake7/12甲午Wood Horse267/13乙未Wood Goat277/14丙申Fire Monkey7/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month297/16戊戌Earth Dog307/17己亥Earth Pig317/18庚子Metal RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1996 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/22
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 1996
- 14 August 1996 — lunar 1996 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1996 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1996 at 13:48:49 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1996 at 04:22:50 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 August 1996 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 28 August 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 August 1996 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 28 August 1996 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.