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August 2013 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 13 Aug. Ghost Festival: 21 Aug. New moon: 7 Aug. Full moon: 21 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2013 month 6 into 2013 month 7 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 16:20:22 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 07:01:42 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 August 2013 closes lunar 2013 month 6; lunar 2013 month 7 begins 7 August 2013.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2013
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 2013 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/25己亥Earth Pig26/26庚子Metal Rat36/27辛丑Metal Ox6/28壬寅Water Tiger56/29癸卯Water Rabbit66/30甲辰Wood Dragon77/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opensBeginning of Autumn87/2丙午Fire Horse97/3丁未Fire Goat107/4戊申Earth Monkey7/5己酉Earth Rooster127/6庚戌Metal Dog7/7辛亥Metal Pig147/8壬子Water Rat157/9癸丑Water Ox167/10甲寅Wood Tiger177/11乙卯Wood Rabbit7/12丙辰Fire Dragon197/13丁巳Fire Snake207/14戊午Earth Horse7/15己未Earth GoatLunar mid-month227/16庚申Metal Monkey237/17辛酉Metal RoosterEnd of Heat247/18壬戌Water Dog7/19癸亥Water Pig267/20甲子Wood Rat277/21乙丑Wood Ox287/22丙寅Fire Tiger297/23丁卯Fire Rabbit307/24戊辰Earth Dragon317/25己巳Earth SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2013 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
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 2013
- 7 August 2013 — lunar 2013 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2013 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2013 at 16:20:22 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2013 at 07:01:42 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 August 2013 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 21 August 2013 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 August 2013 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 21 August 2013 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.