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Korea Astronomy Institute times Chuseok moonrise and peak for Seoul

The full moon rises at 17:34 and reaches its highest point at 23:31 on the festival day.

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Moonrise over Seoul on Chuseok festival day
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The Chuseok full moon will rise over Seoul at 17:34 on the festival day. The Korea Astronomy Institute provided these times in a statement filed by The Kyunghyang Shinmun on September 29, 2026 [1]. The moon will reach its highest point in the sky over the capital at 23:31 [2]. Other recent space filings include a Nature Astronomy study on icy moons and a report on Tropical Storm Rachel's cloud cover in Jalisco, but no launch data was available for this report [3][4].
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  1. The Korea Astronomy Institute stated that the Chuseok full moon will rise in Seoul at 17:34. · The Kyunghyang ShinmunSouth Korea
  2. The Korea Astronomy Institute stated the Chuseok full moon will reach its highest point over Seoul at 23:31. · The Kyunghyang ShinmunSouth Korea
  3. A study published in the journal Nature Astronomy led by Marc Neveu from the University of Maryland, along with scientists from the Southwest Research Institute and the Weizmann Institute, simulated the effects of massive cosmic impacts on icy moons. · Media Indonesia
  4. Geographer Carlos Román of the University of Guadalajara Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology stated that Tropical Storm Rachel's circulation has covered most of Jalisco with cloud cover. · El Heraldo de MéxicoMexico
They publish from South Korea, Mexico. 1 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.