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Times of moonrise, transit and moonset during Mid-Autumn Festival
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    The times of moonrise, transit and moonset during the Mid-Autumn Festival are given below.  During transit, the moon passes the local meridian in the south and the elevation is the highest of the night.


On Thursday, October 5
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Moonrise        at 4.51pm
Transit                 at 10.53pm
(Elevation 64 degrees)  
Moonset                at 5.02am (next morning)

On Friday, October 6 (Mid-Autumn Festival)
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Moonrise                at 5.30pm
Transit                 at 11.45pm
(Elevation 71 degrees)
Moonset                at 6.06am (next morning)

On Saturday, October 7
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Full Moon               at 11.13am
(below the horizon of HK)
Moonrise        at 6.09pm
Transit                 at 0.37am (next morning)
(Elevation 79 degrees)
Moonset                at 7.12am (next morning)

     For the weather during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please see the "7-day Weather Forecast" issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at the following web site:http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htm.

Ends/Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Issued at HKT 14:01

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