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August 2023 Chinese lunar calendar

August 2023 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 22 Aug. Ghost Festival: 30 Aug. Full moon: 2 Aug. New moon: 16 Aug. Full moon: 31 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.

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Lunar 2023 month 6 into 2023 month 7 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申
Solar terms
Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 02:22:53 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 17:01:18 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
15 August 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 6; lunar 2023 month 7 begins 16 August 2023.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2023

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

August 2023 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 6/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/22

  3. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 7/9

  5. Full moon

    Lunar 7/16

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 2023

  • 16 August 2023 — lunar 2023 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2023 month 7 opens.
  • 8 August 2023 at 02:22:53 UTC+8Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 23 August 2023 at 17:01:18 UTC+8End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 1 August 2023lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.
  • 16 August 2023the first day of lunar month 7.
  • 30 August 2023lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
  • 22 August 2023Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
  • 30 August 2023Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

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