Hong Kong Observatory Almanac 2017 on sale

17 November 2016

The Hong Kong Observatory Almanac 2017 will go on sale tomorrow (18 November).

The Almanac is bilingual (English and Chinese) and packed with information tabulated by month, including the traditional Chinese calendar, solar terms and moon phases, as well as the times of daily sunrise, sun transit, sunset, moonrise, moon transit, moonset and high and low tides. The times of meridian passage and the rising and setting of the sun and planets are graphically illustrated. Also included in the publication are a detailed Sun Path Diagram, star maps of the four quarters of the year, duration of twilight, details of solar and lunar eclipses, background information on calendars and determination of apparent solar time, as well as observation of meteor streams and planetary phenomena.

At $44 a copy, the Hong Kong Observatory Almanac 2017 is available for sale at the Hong Kong Observatory Resource Centre, the Publications Sales Unit of the Information Services Department and the Kowloon Map Publications Centre of the Lands Department. The Almanac is also available through the online Government Bookstore at www.bookstore.gov.hk.