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September 2020 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Ghost Festival: 2 Sept. Full moon: 2 Sept. New moon: 17 Sept. White Dew: 7 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 22 Sept.
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Lunar 2020 month 7 into 2020 month 8 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 7 at 12:08:02 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 22 at 21:30:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 September 2020 closes lunar 2020 month 7; lunar 2020 month 8 begins 17 September 2020.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2020
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
September 2020 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/14丁未Fire Goat7/15戊申Earth MonkeyLunar mid-month37/16己酉Earth Rooster47/17庚戌Metal Dog57/18辛亥Metal Pig7/19壬子Water Rat77/20癸丑Water OxWhite Dew87/21甲寅Wood Tiger97/22乙卯Wood Rabbit107/23丙辰Fire Dragon117/24丁巳Fire Snake127/25戊午Earth Horse7/26己未Earth Goat147/27庚申Metal Monkey157/28辛酉Metal Rooster167/29壬戌Water Dog178/1癸亥Water PigLunar month opens188/2甲子Wood Rat198/3乙丑Wood Ox8/4丙寅Fire Tiger218/5丁卯Fire Rabbit228/6戊辰Earth DragonAutumn Equinox238/7己巳Earth Snake248/8庚午Metal Horse258/9辛未Metal Goat268/10壬申Water Monkey8/11癸酉Water Rooster288/12甲戌Wood Dog298/13乙亥Wood Pig308/14丙子Fire RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2020 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
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 September 2020
- 17 September 2020 — lunar 2020 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2020 month 8 opens.
- 7 September 2020 at 12:08:02 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 September 2020 at 21:30:40 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 2 September 2020 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 September 2020 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 2 September 2020 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.