People hoping to see the full moon from Yushan (玉山) during the Mid-Autumn Festival should be able to do so thanks to a Web cast provided by the Central Weather Bureau.
Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, falls on Monday this year.
The bureau said Yushan is a symbol of Taiwan and observing the moon and stars from the nation’s highest peak, at 3,952m, would be an extraordinary experience.
The bureau said it would -collaborate with Chunghwa Telecom to set up a telescope and camera at the bureau’s observation center on Yushan so that people can see the full moon from the comfort of their home.
The Web cast will start at 4pm on Monday and will be available on the bureau’s Web site.
According to the bureau’s astronomical almanac, the moon will rise at 5:40pm in the plains areas on Monday and set at 6:10am on Tuesday. On the northern side of Yushan, the moon will rise at 5:35pm on Monday and set at 6:21am on Tuesday.
The bureau said this year would be the roundest and brightest full moon of the Mid-Autumn -Festival in six years.
In the past five Mid-Autumn Festivals, the full moon had occurred either on the 16th or on the 17th day of the eighth month, the bureau said.
The last time a full moon occurred on the 15th day of the eighth month was in 2005.
In related news, the bureau said chances of showers during the festival would be high in northeastern and eastern regions because of a peripheral cloud system caused by Tropical Storm Kulap, which formed on Wednesday.
Chances of afternoon showers will also be high along the west coast, it said.
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