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During the Mid-Autumn Festival period in 2005, the times of moonrise, transit and moonset will be as follows:
Saturday, September 17
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Moonrise at 6.02pm
Transit (meridian passage)
Direction due south
Elevation 61 degrees at midnight
Moonset at 6.04am (next morning)
Sunday, September 18 (Mid-Autumn Festival)
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Full Moon at 10.01am
Moonrise at 6.40pm
Transit (meridian passage)
Direction due south
Elevation 68 degrees at 12.50am (next morning)
Moonset at 7.06am (next morning)
Monday, September 19
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Moonrise at 7.17pm
Transit (meridian passage)
Direction due south
Elevation 76 degrees at 1.39am (next morning)
Moonset at 8.07am (next morning)
For the weather during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please see the "7-day Weather Forecast" issued by the Observatory at the following website: http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htm.
Ends/Friday, September 16, 2005
Issued at HKT 12:00
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