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August 2024 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 10 Aug. Ghost Festival: 18 Aug. New moon: 4 Aug. Full moon: 20 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 22 Aug.
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Lunar 2024 month 6 into 2024 month 7 · Yang Wood Dragon 甲辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 08:09:16 UTC+8; End of Heat · 22 at 22:55:03 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 August 2024 closes lunar 2024 month 6; lunar 2024 month 7 begins 4 August 2024.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2024
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2024 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/27丁酉Fire Rooster26/28戊戌Earth Dog36/29己亥Earth Pig7/1庚子Metal RatLunar month opens57/2辛丑Metal Ox67/3壬寅Water Tiger77/4癸卯Water RabbitBeginning of Autumn87/5甲辰Wood Dragon97/6乙巳Wood Snake7/7丙午Fire Horse7/8丁未Fire Goat127/9戊申Earth Monkey137/10己酉Earth Rooster147/11庚戌Metal Dog157/12辛亥Metal Pig167/13壬子Water Rat177/14癸丑Water Ox7/15甲寅Wood TigerLunar mid-month197/16乙卯Wood Rabbit207/17丙辰Fire Dragon217/18丁巳Fire Snake227/19戊午Earth HorseEnd of Heat237/20己未Earth Goat247/21庚申Metal Monkey7/22辛酉Metal Rooster267/23壬戌Water Dog277/24癸亥Water Pig287/25甲子Wood Rat297/26乙丑Wood Ox307/27丙寅Fire Tiger317/28丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2024 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/17
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 2024
- 4 August 2024 — lunar 2024 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2024 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2024 at 08:09:16 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 August 2024 at 22:55:03 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 August 2024 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 18 August 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 August 2024 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 18 August 2024 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.