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The Mid-Autumn Festival this year falls on September 8 (Monday). To assist moon-watching by the public, the times of moonrise, transit and moonset during the Mid-Autumn Festival period are given below. At transit, the moon passes the local meridian due south and its elevation is the highest of the night.
September 7 (Sunday)
Moonrise 5.02pm
Transit (Elevation 10.58pm
58 degrees)
Moonset 4.57am
(next morning)
September 8 (Monday) (Mid-Autumn
Festival)
Moonrise 5.51pm
Transit (Elevation 63 degrees) 11.55pm
Moonset 6.02am
(next morning)
September 9 (Tuesday) (The day
following the Mid-Autumn Festival)
Full Moon (The moon is below the 9.38am
horizon of Hong Kong at this
moment)
Moonrise 6.39pm
Transit (Elevation 68 degrees) 0.50am (next
morning)
Moonset 7.06am (next
morning)
Although the full moon occurs in the morning of the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon will still be rather bright after the moonrise at night. If the weather permits, a bright and clear moon can be observed from open space in all districts during the period.
For the weather during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please refer to the 9-day Weather Forecast issued by the Hong Kong Observatory on the following website: www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htm.
Ends/Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Issued at HKT 12:01
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