Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Watching: Key Dates and Times for October 6 Celebrations

Moon-watching tips for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

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.

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Fatal traffic accident in Kwun Tong

Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Kwun Tong today (April 21), in which a woman died.

Police received a report at about 8.51am that a light goods vehicle (LGV) driven by a 36-year-old man was travelling along Cha Kwo Ling Road towards Yau Tong. When approaching MTR Yau Tong station, it reportedly knocked down a 30-year-old mainland woman who was crossing the road.

Sustaining serious head and limbs injuries, the woman was rushed to United Christian Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 10.02am.

The driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for enquiries.

Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, Kowloon East is under way.

Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 0259.

Source: AI-found images