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August Cross-Quarter 2016

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

Sunday, August 7, 2016

01:53 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

UTCSun, Aug 701:53UTC
HonoluluSat, Aug 63:53 PMUTC−10
Los AngelesSat, Aug 66:53 PMUTC−7
DenverSat, Aug 67:53 PMUTC−6
ChicagoSat, Aug 68:53 PMUTC−5
New YorkSat, Aug 69:53 PMUTC−4
São PauloSat, Aug 610:53 PMUTC−3
LondonSun, Aug 72:53 AMUTC+1
Paris, BerlinSun, Aug 73:53 AMUTC+2
CairoSun, Aug 73:53 AMUTC+2
MoscowSun, Aug 74:53 AMUTC+3
DubaiSun, Aug 75:53 AMUTC+4
IndiaSun, Aug 77:23 AMUTC+5:30
BangkokSun, Aug 78:53 AMUTC+7
Beijing, SingaporeSun, Aug 79:53 AMUTC+8
TokyoSun, Aug 710:53 AMUTC+9
SydneySun, Aug 711:53 AMUTC+10
AucklandSun, Aug 71:53 PMUTC+12

August Cross-Quarter in other years