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August 2021 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 14 Aug. Ghost Festival: 22 Aug. New moon: 8 Aug. Full moon: 22 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2021 month 6 into 2021 month 7 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 14:53:58 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 05:34:58 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 August 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 6; lunar 2021 month 7 begins 8 August 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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6/23辛巳Metal Snake26/24壬午Water Horse36/25癸未Water Goat46/26甲申Wood Monkey56/27乙酉Wood Rooster66/28丙戌Fire Dog76/29丁亥Fire PigBeginning of Autumn7/1戊子Earth RatLunar month opens97/2己丑Earth Ox107/3庚寅Metal Tiger117/4辛卯Metal Rabbit127/5壬辰Water Dragon137/6癸巳Water Snake7/7甲午Wood Horse7/8乙未Wood Goat167/9丙申Fire Monkey177/10丁酉Fire Rooster187/11戊戌Earth Dog197/12己亥Earth Pig207/13庚子Metal Rat217/14辛丑Metal Ox7/15壬寅Water TigerLunar mid-month237/16癸卯Water RabbitEnd of Heat247/17甲辰Wood Dragon257/18乙巳Wood Snake267/19丙午Fire Horse277/20丁未Fire Goat287/21戊申Earth Monkey7/22己酉Earth Rooster307/23庚戌Metal Dog317/24辛亥Metal PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2021 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
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 2021
- 8 August 2021 — lunar 2021 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2021 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2021 at 14:53:58 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2021 at 05:34:58 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 August 2021 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 22 August 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 August 2021 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 22 August 2021 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.