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The Mid-Autumn Festival in 2009 is on October 3 (Saturday). The times of moonrise, transit and moonset during the Mid-Autumn Festival period are given below. During transit, the moon passes the local meridian in the south and the elevation is the highest of the night.
October 2 (Friday)
Moonrise at 4.48pm
Transit at 10.56pm
(elevation 67 degrees)
Moonset at 5.08am (next morning)
October 3 (Saturday) (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Moonrise at 5.21pm
Transit at 11.38pm
(elevation 73 degrees)
Moonset at 6.01am (next morning)
October 4 (Sunday)
Full Moon at 2.10pm
(below the horizon
of Hong Kong)
Moonrise at 5.56pm
Transit at 12.23am (next morning)
(elevation 79 degrees)
Moonset at 6.56am (next morning)
For the weather during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please refer to the "7-day Weather Forecast" issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at the following website:
www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htm
Ends/Friday, September 11, 2009
Issued at HKT 12:00
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