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20 Sep 2010
Sun and moon nouns
What is ...?
1 a sun visor
a. a special chair offered to guests to sit in the sunshine
b. a flat board at the top of the...
8:13AM
19 Oct 2009
We've heard of customised spa treatments suited to our skin type, mood and even Chinese elements (see F for Fusion), but a treatment tailored to the phase of the moon was a new one for us.
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4 Oct 2009
If anything bizarre happened last night, don't panic - it's just the full moon. Or at least that's what lunar urban legends suggest.
6:18AM
12 Sep 2007
Moon watchers will have to get up early or stay up late for the only chance in eight years to see a full moon during a Mid-Autumn Festival period. The moon can be seen at its fullest at 3.45am...
3:37AM
7 Sep 2005
Mid-Autumn Festival revellers are being promised a bigger, rounder moon for this year's celebrations.
12:01AM
The origin of Lunar New Year is too remote to be traced.
It starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later.
5:37PM
The best times to view the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival will be near midnight on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday when it is at its highest point, the Hong Kong Observatory says.
2:56AM
Mid-Autumn Festival revellers' view of the biggest full moon of the year last night was obscured by cloud and pollution.
Yet even without the cloud, Hong Kong's dirty atmosphere...
8:52AM
APRIL'S celestial highlight will be a partial eclipse of the Moon - although from Hong Kong only a small 'bite' will be taken out of the top edge.
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