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September 2021 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 21 Sept. New moon: 7 Sept. Full moon: 21 Sept. White Dew: 7 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 2021 month 7 into 2021 month 8 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 7 at 17:52:56 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 03:21:05 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 September 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 7; lunar 2021 month 8 begins 7 September 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
September 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/25壬子Water Rat27/26癸丑Water Ox37/27甲寅Wood Tiger47/28乙卯Wood Rabbit7/29丙辰Fire Dragon67/30丁巳Fire Snake78/1戊午Earth HorseLunar month opensWhite Dew88/2己未Earth Goat98/3庚申Metal Monkey108/4辛酉Metal Rooster118/5壬戌Water Dog8/6癸亥Water Pig138/7甲子Wood Rat148/8乙丑Wood Ox158/9丙寅Fire Tiger168/10丁卯Fire Rabbit178/11戊辰Earth Dragon188/12己巳Earth Snake8/13庚午Metal Horse208/14辛未Metal Goat8/15壬申Water MonkeyLunar mid-month228/16癸酉Water Rooster238/17甲戌Wood DogAutumn Equinox248/18乙亥Wood Pig258/19丙子Fire Rat8/20丁丑Fire Ox278/21戊寅Earth Tiger288/22己卯Earth Rabbit298/23庚辰Metal Dragon308/24辛巳Metal SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2021 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
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 2021
- 7 September 2021 — lunar 2021 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2021 month 8 opens.
- 7 September 2021 at 17:52:56 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 2021 at 03:21:05 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 September 2021 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 21 September 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 September 2021 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.