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August 2003 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 4 Aug. Ghost Festival: 12 Aug. Full moon: 12 Aug. New moon: 28 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2003 month 7 into 2003 month 8 · Yin Water Goat 癸未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 06:24:18 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 21:08:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 August 2003 closes lunar 2003 month 7; lunar 2003 month 8 begins 28 August 2003.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2003
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 2003 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/4丙午Fire Horse27/5丁未Fire Goat7/6戊申Earth Monkey7/7己酉Earth Rooster57/8庚戌Metal Dog67/9辛亥Metal Pig77/10壬子Water Rat87/11癸丑Water OxBeginning of Autumn97/12甲寅Wood Tiger7/13乙卯Wood Rabbit117/14丙辰Fire Dragon7/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-month137/16戊午Earth Horse147/17己未Earth Goat157/18庚申Metal Monkey167/19辛酉Metal Rooster7/20壬戌Water Dog187/21癸亥Water Pig197/22甲子Wood Rat207/23乙丑Wood Ox217/24丙寅Fire Tiger227/25丁卯Fire Rabbit237/26戊辰Earth DragonEnd of Heat7/27己巳Earth Snake257/28庚午Metal Horse267/29辛未Metal Goat277/30壬申Water Monkey288/1癸酉Water RoosterLunar month opens298/2甲戌Wood Dog308/3乙亥Wood Pig8/4丙子Fire RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2003 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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 2003
- 28 August 2003 — lunar 2003 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2003 month 8 opens.
- 8 August 2003 at 06:24:18 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2003 at 21:08:10 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 August 2003 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 August 2003 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 4 August 2003 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 12 August 2003 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.