Date & time · mid-autumn festivalHow many days until the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival falls by the lunar calendar. The counter below runs in real time: days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight on your own device clock.

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What this day is

The harvest and full-moon festival in China and East Asia, on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Its emblem is the mooncake.

The date is approximate

The holiday follows the lunar calendar and is confirmed by sighting the moon, so the date differs by a day between countries. Check with your own community calendar.

This year—the year is not in the lunar table

Next year—the year is not in the lunar table

Day off or working dayWorking daycelebrated, but the day is a working one

Working days left—Monday to Friday, day-swaps not counted

Long weekend—the date does not sit next to a weekend

How the date is worked outby the lunar calendarlunar calendar, a table of published dates