Moon watching tips for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025
29 September 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 | 4:50 pm |
| Transit (Elevation 64 degrees) | 10:54 pm |
| Moonset | 5:03 am (next morning) |
| October 6 (Monday) – Mid-Autumn Festival | |
| Moonrise | 5:27 pm |
| Transit (Elevation 72 degrees) | 11:43 pm |
| Moonset | 6:05 am (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) | 11:48 am |
| Moonrise | 6:06 pm |
| Transit (Elevation 79 degrees) | 0:34 am (next morning) |
| Moonset | 7:10 am (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.