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September 2003 Chinese lunar calendar

September 2003 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Mid-Autumn Festival: 11 Sept. Full moon: 11 Sept. New moon: 26 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.

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Lunar 2003 month 8 into 2003 month 9 · Yin Water Goat 癸未 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉
Solar terms
White Dew · 8 at 09:20:14 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 18:46:49 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
25 September 2003 closes lunar 2003 month 8; lunar 2003 month 9 begins 26 September 2003.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2003

12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

September 2003 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 8/7

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 8/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 8/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 9/1

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 September 2003

  • 26 September 2003 — lunar 2003 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2003 month 9 opens.
  • 8 September 2003 at 09:20:14 UTC+8White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 23 September 2003 at 18:46:49 UTC+8Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 11 September 2003lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
  • 26 September 2003the first day of lunar month 9.
  • 11 September 2003Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.

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