The Mid-Autumn Festival in 2009 is on 3 October (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.
2 October (Friday)
Moonrise |
at 4.48pm |
| Transit (elevation 67 degrees) |
at 10.56pm |
| Moonset |
at 5.08am (next morning) |
3 October (Saturday) (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Moonrise |
at 5.21pm |
| Transit (elevation 73 degrees) |
at 11.38pm |
| Moonset |
at 6.01am (next morning) |
4 October (Sunday)
Full Moon (below the horizon of Hong Kong) |
at 2.10pm |
| Moonrise |
at 5.56pm |
| Transit (elevation 79 degrees) |
at 12.23am (next morning) |
| 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
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