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August 2020 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 25 Aug. Full moon: 3 Aug. New moon: 19 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 22 Aug.
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Lunar 2020 month 6 into 2020 month 7 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 09:06:11 UTC+8; End of Heat · 22 at 23:44:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 August 2020 closes lunar 2020 month 6; lunar 2020 month 7 begins 19 August 2020.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 2020
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
August 2020 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/12丙子Fire Rat6/13丁丑Fire Ox36/14戊寅Earth Tiger46/15己卯Earth RabbitLunar mid-month56/16庚辰Metal Dragon66/17辛巳Metal Snake76/18壬午Water HorseBeginning of Autumn86/19癸未Water Goat6/20甲申Wood Monkey106/21乙酉Wood Rooster116/22丙戌Fire Dog126/23丁亥Fire Pig136/24戊子Earth Rat146/25己丑Earth Ox156/26庚寅Metal Tiger6/27辛卯Metal Rabbit176/28壬辰Water Dragon186/29癸巳Water Snake197/1甲午Wood HorseLunar month opens207/2乙未Wood Goat217/3丙申Fire Monkey227/4丁酉Fire RoosterEnd of Heat7/5戊戌Earth Dog247/6己亥Earth Pig7/7庚子Metal Rat267/8辛丑Metal Ox277/9壬寅Water Tiger287/10癸卯Water Rabbit297/11甲辰Wood Dragon7/12乙巳Wood Snake317/13丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2020 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 6/14
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
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 2020
- 19 August 2020 — lunar 2020 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2020 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2020 at 09:06:11 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 August 2020 at 23:44:56 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 August 2020 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 August 2020 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 25 August 2020 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.