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August 2008 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 7 Aug. Ghost Festival: 15 Aug. New moon: 1 Aug. Full moon: 17 Aug. New moon: 31 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2008 month 7 into 2008 month 8 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 11:16:10 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 02:02:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 30 August 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 7; lunar 2008 month 8 begins 31 August 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2008 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/17
Last quarter
Lunar 7/24
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 2008
- 31 August 2008 — lunar 2008 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2008 month 8 opens.
- 7 August 2008 at 11:16:10 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2008 at 02:02:14 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 August 2008 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 15 August 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 August 2008 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 7 August 2008 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 15 August 2008 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.