The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on October 6 (Monday) this year. While the full moon will occur on the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival (October 7), weather permitting, a bright and round moon can still be observable at night during the Mid-Autumn Festival period.
      
     To facilitate moon watching by the public, the times of moonrise, transit, moonset and full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival period are listed in the table. At transit, the moon passes the local meridian, reaching its highest elevation for the night due south.
 

October 5 (Sunday) – the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Moonrise	4.50pm
Transit (elevation 64 degrees)	10.54pm
Moonset	5.03am (next morning)
October 6 (Monday) – Mid-Autumn Festival
Moonrise	5.27pm
Transit (elevation 72 degrees)	11.43pm
Moonset	6.05am (next morning)
October 7 (Tuesday) – the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival
Full moon (the moon is below the horizon of Hong Kong at this moment)	11.48am
Moonrise	6.06pm
Transit (elevation 79 degrees)	0.34am (next morning)
Moonset	7.10am (next morning)

     Please refer to the 9-day Weather Forecast issued by the Hong Kong Observatory and the Weather Information for Astronomical Observation webpage for the latest weather conditions and the astronomical observing conditions during the Mid-Autumn Festival period to plan moon-watching activities.
 
Note: At full moon, the moon is completely illuminated as seen from the Earth, with the moon and the sun located on the opposite sides of the Earth.

Ends/Monday, September 29, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:00

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