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Oscar Liu

Cloudy skies and a few showers could put a dampener on Hongkongers’ hopes of seeing a “super moon” during the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, the Observatory has said.
In the coming week, intermittent showers with some sunny intervals are expected over the next two to three days. Localised heavy showers are forecast for Monday.
Rain would gradually ease off later in the week, the forecaster said on Sunday.
The Observatory said a broad trough of low pressure would bring unsettled weather to the central and northern parts of the South China Sea in the latter part of the week.
As for the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 17, the forecaster predicted temperatures would range from 27 to 32 degrees Celsius, with mostly cloudy skies and a few showers, alongside brief periods of sunshine during the day.
The Observatory earlier said a bright and round “super moon” with Saturn in its proximity would be observable with the naked eye during the Mid-Autumn Festival if the weather permitted.


It said the moon would rise at 5.17pm on the eve of the festival, reach its transit at 11.05pm and set at 4.57am the next morning. At transit, the moon passes the local meridian, reaching its highest elevation for the night due south.
On the day of the festival, the moon will rise at 5.58pm, reach its highest point at 11.57pm and set at 6.02am on September 18.
The Observatory said the full moon would occur on the morning after the festival. And the moon would be near the closest point to the Earth at a distance of about 357,400km.
“The diameter of the moon as observed through the naked eye from the Earth will appear around 7 per cent larger than that seen when the moon is at an average distance from the Earth,” it said.
It added that while a partial lunar eclipse would be visible from South America, most of North America, Europe, Africa and western Asia during the full moon, the phenomenon would not be seen in Hong Kong.


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Observatory earlier said a bright and round ‘super moon’ would be observable with the naked eye – if the weather permitted


Observatory earlier said a bright and round ‘super moon’ would be observable with the naked eye – if the weather permitted.
