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September 2016 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 15 Sept. New moon: 1 Sept. Full moon: 17 Sept. White Dew: 7 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 22 Sept.
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Lunar 2016 month 8 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 7 at 12:51:05 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 22 at 22:21:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- Entirely inside lunar 2016 month 8.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2016
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
September 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/1丙戌Fire DogLunar month opens28/2丁亥Fire Pig38/3戊子Earth Rat8/4己丑Earth Ox58/5庚寅Metal Tiger68/6辛卯Metal Rabbit78/7壬辰Water DragonWhite Dew88/8癸巳Water Snake98/9甲午Wood Horse108/10乙未Wood Goat8/11丙申Fire Monkey128/12丁酉Fire Rooster138/13戊戌Earth Dog148/14己亥Earth Pig8/15庚子Metal RatLunar mid-month168/16辛丑Metal Ox178/17壬寅Water Tiger8/18癸卯Water Rabbit198/19甲辰Wood Dragon208/20乙巳Wood Snake218/21丙午Fire Horse228/22丁未Fire GoatAutumn Equinox238/23戊申Earth Monkey248/24己酉Earth Rooster8/25庚戌Metal Dog268/26辛亥Metal Pig278/27壬子Water Rat288/28癸丑Water Ox298/29甲寅Wood Tiger308/30乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2016 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
Full moon
Lunar 8/17
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
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 September 2016
- No lunar month begins in September 2016 — it sits entirely inside lunar 2016 month 8, days 1 to 30.
- 7 September 2016 at 12:51:05 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 September 2016 at 22:21:08 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 September 2016 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 15 September 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 September 2016 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.