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August 2018 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 17 Aug. Ghost Festival: 25 Aug. New moon: 11 Aug. Full moon: 26 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2018 month 6 into 2018 month 7 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 21:30:40 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 12:08:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 August 2018 closes lunar 2018 month 6; lunar 2018 month 7 begins 11 August 2018.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2018
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2018 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/20乙丑Wood Ox26/21丙寅Fire Tiger36/22丁卯Fire Rabbit46/23戊辰Earth Dragon6/24己巳Earth Snake66/25庚午Metal Horse76/26辛未Metal GoatBeginning of Autumn86/27壬申Water Monkey96/28癸酉Water Rooster106/29甲戌Wood Dog117/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens7/2丙子Fire Rat137/3丁丑Fire Ox147/4戊寅Earth Tiger157/5己卯Earth Rabbit167/6庚辰Metal Dragon7/7辛巳Metal Snake187/8壬午Water Horse7/9癸未Water Goat207/10甲申Wood Monkey217/11乙酉Wood Rooster227/12丙戌Fire Dog237/13丁亥Fire PigEnd of Heat247/14戊子Earth Rat7/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month7/16庚寅Metal Tiger277/17辛卯Metal Rabbit287/18壬辰Water Dragon297/19癸巳Water Snake307/20甲午Wood Horse317/21乙未Wood GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2018 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/24
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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 2018
- 11 August 2018 — lunar 2018 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2018 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2018 at 21:30:40 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2018 at 12:08:35 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 August 2018 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 25 August 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 August 2018 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 25 August 2018 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.