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August Cross-Quarter 2010

Halfway between a solstice and an equinox, a few days after the festival of Lughnasadh.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

14:49 UTC

Ecliptic longitude 135°

The Sun reaches ecliptic longitude 135°, halfway from the June Solstice to the September Equinox. It falls a few days after the Gaelic festival of Lughnasadh (LOO-nuh-suh), traditionally kept on Aug 1.

See it on the figureAbout August Cross-Quarter, and every year

Around the world

UTCSat, Aug 714:49UTC
HonoluluSat, Aug 74:49 AMUTC−10
Los AngelesSat, Aug 77:49 AMUTC−7
DenverSat, Aug 78:49 AMUTC−6
ChicagoSat, Aug 79:49 AMUTC−5
New YorkSat, Aug 710:49 AMUTC−4
São PauloSat, Aug 711:49 AMUTC−3
LondonSat, Aug 73:49 PMUTC+1
Paris, BerlinSat, Aug 74:49 PMUTC+2
CairoSat, Aug 75:49 PMUTC+3
MoscowSat, Aug 76:49 PMUTC+4
DubaiSat, Aug 76:49 PMUTC+4
IndiaSat, Aug 78:19 PMUTC+5:30
BangkokSat, Aug 79:49 PMUTC+7
Beijing, SingaporeSat, Aug 710:49 PMUTC+8
TokyoSat, Aug 711:49 PMUTC+9
SydneySun, Aug 812:49 AMUTC+10
AucklandSun, Aug 82:49 AMUTC+12

August Cross-Quarter in other years