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August 2015 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 20 Aug. Ghost Festival: 28 Aug. New moon: 14 Aug. Full moon: 30 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2015 month 6 into 2015 month 7 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 04:01:24 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 18:37:17 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 August 2015 closes lunar 2015 month 6; lunar 2015 month 7 begins 14 August 2015.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2015
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2015 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/17己酉Earth Rooster6/18庚戌Metal Dog36/19辛亥Metal Pig46/20壬子Water Rat56/21癸丑Water Ox66/22甲寅Wood Tiger76/23乙卯Wood Rabbit86/24丙辰Fire DragonBeginning of Autumn6/25丁巳Fire Snake106/26戊午Earth Horse116/27己未Earth Goat126/28庚申Metal Monkey136/29辛酉Metal Rooster147/1壬戌Water DogLunar month opens157/2癸亥Water Pig7/3甲子Wood Rat177/4乙丑Wood Ox187/5丙寅Fire Tiger197/6丁卯Fire Rabbit7/7戊辰Earth Dragon217/8己巳Earth Snake227/9庚午Metal Horse7/10辛未Metal GoatEnd of Heat247/11壬申Water Monkey257/12癸酉Water Rooster267/13甲戌Wood Dog277/14乙亥Wood Pig7/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month297/16丁丑Fire Ox7/17戊寅Earth Tiger317/18己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2015 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/10
Full moon
Lunar 7/17
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 2015
- 14 August 2015 — lunar 2015 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2015 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 2015 at 04:01:24 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2015 at 18:37:17 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 August 2015 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 28 August 2015 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 August 2015 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 28 August 2015 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.