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August 2011 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 6 Aug. Ghost Festival: 14 Aug. Full moon: 14 Aug. New moon: 29 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2011 month 7 into 2011 month 8 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 04:33:26 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 19:20:38 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 August 2011 closes lunar 2011 month 7; lunar 2011 month 8 begins 29 August 2011.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2011
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2011 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/2戊子Earth Rat27/3己丑Earth Ox37/4庚寅Metal Tiger47/5辛卯Metal Rabbit57/6壬辰Water Dragon7/7癸巳Water Snake7/8甲午Wood Horse87/9乙未Wood GoatBeginning of Autumn97/10丙申Fire Monkey107/11丁酉Fire Rooster117/12戊戌Earth Dog127/13己亥Earth Pig137/14庚子Metal Rat7/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month157/16壬寅Water Tiger167/17癸卯Water Rabbit177/18甲辰Wood Dragon187/19乙巳Wood Snake197/20丙午Fire Horse207/21丁未Fire Goat7/22戊申Earth Monkey227/23己酉Earth Rooster237/24庚戌Metal DogEnd of Heat247/25辛亥Metal Pig257/26壬子Water Rat267/27癸丑Water Ox277/28甲寅Wood Tiger7/29乙卯Wood Rabbit298/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens308/2丁巳Fire Snake318/3戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2011 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/7
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 2011
- 29 August 2011 — lunar 2011 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2011 month 8 opens.
- 8 August 2011 at 04:33:26 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2011 at 19:20:38 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 August 2011 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 August 2011 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 6 August 2011 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 14 August 2011 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.