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August 2016 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 9 Aug. Ghost Festival: 17 Aug. New moon: 3 Aug. Full moon: 18 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2016 month 6 into 2016 month 7 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 09:53:01 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 00:38:29 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 August 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 6; lunar 2016 month 7 begins 3 August 2016.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2016
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/29乙卯Wood Rabbit26/30丙辰Fire Dragon37/1丁巳Fire SnakeLunar month opens47/2戊午Earth Horse57/3己未Earth Goat67/4庚申Metal Monkey7/5辛酉Metal RoosterBeginning of Autumn87/6壬戌Water Dog7/7癸亥Water Pig107/8甲子Wood Rat117/9乙丑Wood Ox127/10丙寅Fire Tiger137/11丁卯Fire Rabbit7/12戊辰Earth Dragon157/13己巳Earth Snake167/14庚午Metal Horse7/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month187/16壬申Water Monkey197/17癸酉Water Rooster207/18甲戌Wood Dog7/19乙亥Wood Pig227/20丙子Fire Rat237/21丁丑Fire OxEnd of Heat247/22戊寅Earth Tiger257/23己卯Earth Rabbit267/24庚辰Metal Dragon277/25辛巳Metal Snake7/26壬午Water Horse297/27癸未Water Goat307/28甲申Wood Monkey317/29乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2016 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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 2016
- 3 August 2016 — lunar 2016 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2016 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2016 at 09:53:01 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2016 at 00:38:29 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 August 2016 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 17 August 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 9 August 2016 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 17 August 2016 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.