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September 2008 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Mid-Autumn Festival: 14 Sept. Full moon: 15 Sept. New moon: 29 Sept. White Dew: 7 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 22 Sept.
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Lunar 2008 month 8 into 2008 month 9 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 7 at 14:14:08 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 22 at 23:44:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 September 2008 closes lunar 2008 month 8; lunar 2008 month 9 begins 29 September 2008.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2008
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
September 2008 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/2甲辰Wood Dragon28/3乙巳Wood Snake38/4丙午Fire Horse48/5丁未Fire Goat58/6戊申Earth Monkey68/7己酉Earth Rooster8/8庚戌Metal DogWhite Dew88/9辛亥Metal Pig98/10壬子Water Rat108/11癸丑Water Ox118/12甲寅Wood Tiger128/13乙卯Wood Rabbit138/14丙辰Fire Dragon8/15丁巳Fire SnakeLunar mid-month158/16戊午Earth Horse168/17己未Earth Goat178/18庚申Metal Monkey188/19辛酉Metal Rooster198/20壬戌Water Dog208/21癸亥Water Pig8/22甲子Wood Rat228/23乙丑Wood OxAutumn Equinox238/24丙寅Fire Tiger248/25丁卯Fire Rabbit258/26戊辰Earth Dragon268/27己巳Earth Snake278/28庚午Metal Horse8/29辛未Metal Goat299/1壬申Water MonkeyLunar month opens309/2癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2008 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
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 2008
- 29 September 2008 — lunar 2008 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2008 month 9 opens.
- 7 September 2008 at 14:14:08 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 September 2008 at 23:44:30 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 September 2008 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 September 2008 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 14 September 2008 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.