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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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