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August 2009 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 26 Aug. Full moon: 6 Aug. New moon: 20 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2009 month 6 into 2009 month 7 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 17:01:09 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 07:38:34 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 August 2009 closes lunar 2009 month 6; lunar 2009 month 7 begins 20 August 2009.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2009
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
August 2009 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/11戊寅Earth Tiger6/12己卯Earth Rabbit36/13庚辰Metal Dragon46/14辛巳Metal Snake56/15壬午Water HorseLunar mid-month66/16癸未Water Goat76/17甲申Wood MonkeyBeginning of Autumn86/18乙酉Wood Rooster6/19丙戌Fire Dog106/20丁亥Fire Pig116/21戊子Earth Rat126/22己丑Earth Ox136/23庚寅Metal Tiger146/24辛卯Metal Rabbit156/25壬辰Water Dragon6/26癸巳Water Snake176/27甲午Wood Horse186/28乙未Wood Goat196/29丙申Fire Monkey207/1丁酉Fire RoosterLunar month opens217/2戊戌Earth Dog227/3己亥Earth Pig7/4庚子Metal RatEnd of Heat247/5辛丑Metal Ox257/6壬寅Water Tiger7/7癸卯Water Rabbit277/8甲辰Wood Dragon287/9乙巳Wood Snake297/10丙午Fire Horse7/11丁未Fire Goat317/12戊申Earth MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2009 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 6/16
Last quarter
Lunar 6/24
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
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 2009
- 20 August 2009 — lunar 2009 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2009 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2009 at 17:01:09 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2009 at 07:38:34 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 August 2009 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 August 2009 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 26 August 2009 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.