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September 2012 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 30 Sept. New moon: 16 Sept. Full moon: 30 Sept. White Dew: 7 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 22 Sept.
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Lunar 2012 month 7 into 2012 month 8 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 7 at 13:29:01 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 22 at 22:48:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 15 September 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 7; lunar 2012 month 8 begins 16 September 2012.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
September 2012 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/16乙丑Wood Ox7/17丙寅Fire Tiger37/18丁卯Fire Rabbit47/19戊辰Earth Dragon57/20己巳Earth Snake67/21庚午Metal Horse77/22辛未Metal GoatWhite Dew87/23壬申Water Monkey7/24癸酉Water Rooster107/25甲戌Wood Dog117/26乙亥Wood Pig127/27丙子Fire Rat137/28丁丑Fire Ox147/29戊寅Earth Tiger157/30己卯Earth Rabbit8/1庚辰Metal DragonLunar month opens178/2辛巳Metal Snake188/3壬午Water Horse198/4癸未Water Goat208/5甲申Wood Monkey218/6乙酉Wood Rooster228/7丙戌Fire DogAutumn Equinox8/8丁亥Fire Pig248/9戊子Earth Rat258/10己丑Earth Ox268/11庚寅Metal Tiger278/12辛卯Metal Rabbit288/13壬辰Water Dragon298/14癸巳Water Snake8/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2012 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
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 2012
- 16 September 2012 — lunar 2012 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2012 month 8 opens.
- 7 September 2012 at 13:29:01 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 September 2012 at 22:48:59 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 16 September 2012 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 30 September 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 30 September 2012 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.