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August 1997 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 9 Aug. Ghost Festival: 17 Aug. New moon: 3 Aug. Full moon: 18 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1997 month 6 into 1997 month 7 · Yin Fire Ox 丁丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 19:36:18 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 10:19:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 August 1997 closes lunar 1997 month 6; lunar 1997 month 7 begins 3 August 1997.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1997
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 1997 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/28乙亥Wood Pig26/29丙子Fire Rat7/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens47/2戊寅Earth Tiger57/3己卯Earth Rabbit67/4庚辰Metal Dragon77/5辛巳Metal SnakeBeginning of Autumn87/6壬午Water Horse7/7癸未Water Goat7/8甲申Wood Monkey117/9乙酉Wood Rooster127/10丙戌Fire Dog137/11丁亥Fire Pig147/12戊子Earth Rat157/13己丑Earth Ox167/14庚寅Metal Tiger7/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month187/16壬辰Water Dragon197/17癸巳Water Snake207/18甲午Wood Horse217/19乙未Wood Goat227/20丙申Fire Monkey237/21丁酉Fire RoosterEnd of Heat7/22戊戌Earth Dog257/23己亥Earth Pig267/24庚子Metal Rat277/25辛丑Metal Ox287/26壬寅Water Tiger297/27癸卯Water Rabbit307/28甲辰Wood Dragon7/29乙巳Wood SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1997 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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 1997
- 3 August 1997 — lunar 1997 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1997 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 1997 at 19:36:18 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1997 at 10:19:11 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 August 1997 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 17 August 1997 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 9 August 1997 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 17 August 1997 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.