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September 2023 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 7 / 8. Mid-Autumn Festival: 29 Sept. New moon: 15 Sept. Full moon: 29 Sept. White Dew: 8 Sept. Autumn Equinox: 23 Sept.
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Lunar 2023 month 7 into 2023 month 8 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉
- Solar terms
- White Dew · 8 at 05:26:43 UTC+8; Autumn Equinox · 23 at 14:49:58 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 September 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 7; lunar 2023 month 8 begins 15 September 2023.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2023
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
September 2023 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/17壬戌Water Dog27/18癸亥Water Pig7/19甲子Wood Rat47/20乙丑Wood Ox57/21丙寅Fire Tiger67/22丁卯Fire Rabbit77/23戊辰Earth Dragon87/24己巳Earth SnakeWhite Dew97/25庚午Metal Horse7/26辛未Metal Goat117/27壬申Water Monkey127/28癸酉Water Rooster137/29甲戌Wood Dog147/30乙亥Wood Pig158/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens168/2丁丑Fire Ox8/3戊寅Earth Tiger188/4己卯Earth Rabbit198/5庚辰Metal Dragon208/6辛巳Metal Snake218/7壬午Water Horse228/8癸未Water Goat238/9甲申Wood MonkeyAutumn Equinox8/10乙酉Wood Rooster258/11丙戌Fire Dog268/12丁亥Fire Pig278/13戊子Earth Rat288/14己丑Earth Ox8/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month308/16辛卯Metal RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2023 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
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 2023
- 15 September 2023 — lunar 2023 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2023 month 8 opens.
- 8 September 2023 at 05:26:43 UTC+8 — White Dew, 白露 Báilù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 September 2023 at 14:49:58 UTC+8 — Autumn Equinox, 秋分 Qiūfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 September 2023 — the first day of lunar month 8.
- 29 September 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 8, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 September 2023 — Mid-Autumn Festival, lunar 8/15. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, near that month's full moon.