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Total eclipse of the moon on Thursday
A total eclipse of the moon will occur on Thursday (April 4).
However, as the time of occurrence will be from 7.27 am to 8.53 am (more than an hour after local moonset), this total eclipse will not be visible in Hong Kong.
For those who are interested, details of the eclipse are as follows:
Hong Kong
Time
Azimuth Direction
Elevation
(degree)
Moon enters penumbra
0516
West-Southwest
13
Moonset
0612
Moon enters umbra
0621
West
-2
Total eclipse begins
0727
West
-17
Middle of eclipse
0810
West
-26
Total eclipse ends
0853
West
-36
Moon leaves umbra
0959
West-Northwest
-50
1104
West-Northwest
-64
Moon leaves penumbra
The next lunar eclipse observable in Hong Kong will be on September 17,
1997.
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations
Time
Cumulative change
$ million
(hours)
($ million)
Opening balance in the account
3,216
09:30
-370
Closing balance in the account
2,456
10:00
-370
Change attributable to:
11:00
-370
Money market activity
-370
11:30
-370
LAF today
-390
LAF rate 4.00% bid/6.00% offer TWI 123.7 +0.1* 30.3.96
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