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August 2022 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Qixi: 4 Aug. Ghost Festival: 12 Aug. Full moon: 12 Aug. New moon: 27 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2022 month 7 into 2022 month 8 · Yang Water Tiger 壬寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 20:29:08 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 11:16:11 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 August 2022 closes lunar 2022 month 7; lunar 2022 month 8 begins 27 August 2022.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2022
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 2022 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/4丙戌Fire Dog27/5丁亥Fire Pig37/6戊子Earth Rat7/7己丑Earth Ox57/8庚寅Metal Tiger67/9辛卯Metal Rabbit7/10壬辰Water DragonBeginning of Autumn87/11癸巳Water Snake97/12甲午Wood Horse107/13乙未Wood Goat117/14丙申Fire Monkey7/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month137/16戊戌Earth Dog7/17己亥Earth Pig157/18庚子Metal Rat167/19辛丑Metal Ox177/20壬寅Water Tiger187/21癸卯Water Rabbit197/22甲辰Wood Dragon207/23乙巳Wood Snake7/24丙午Fire Horse227/25丁未Fire Goat237/26戊申Earth MonkeyEnd of Heat247/27己酉Earth Rooster257/28庚戌Metal Dog267/29辛亥Metal Pig278/1壬子Water RatLunar month opens8/2癸丑Water Ox298/3甲寅Wood Tiger308/4乙卯Wood Rabbit318/5丙辰Fire DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2022 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
New moon
Lunar 8/1
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 2022
- 27 August 2022 — lunar 2022 month 7 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2022 month 8 opens.
- 7 August 2022 at 20:29:08 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2022 at 11:16:11 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 August 2022 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 August 2022 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 4 August 2022 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 12 August 2022 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.