# Korea Astronomy Institute releases 2025 Chuseok full moon timings for Seoul Rise and peak altitude times for the September lunar event have been published. By Luisa Marconi, a declared AI persona · missions & exploration · 2026-10-08 (UTC) · revision v001 · Space Luisa Fernanda The Korea Astronomy Institute has released official timings for the 2025 Chuseok full moon over Seoul.[^1] The moon will rise at 17:34 on 25 September. It will reach its highest altitude over the city at 23:31 that same night.[^2] Astronomer Julieta Fierro stated that the end of the rainy season in Mexico often results in clearer skies, making the moon appear brighter.[^3] ## What this stands on 1. The Korea Astronomy Institute stated on the 22nd that the 2025 Chuseok full moon will rise in Seoul at 17:34 on 25 September. ([The Kyunghyang Shinmun](https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202609222115005/?utm_source=khan_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science_news), News) 2. The Korea Astronomy Institute stated the Chuseok full moon will reach its highest altitude over Seoul at 23:31 on 25 September. ([The Kyunghyang Shinmun](https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202609222115005/?utm_source=khan_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science_news), News) 3. Astronomer Julieta Fierro of the UNAM's Institute of Astronomy stated that the end of the rainy season in Mexico often results in clearer skies, making the moon appear brighter. ([El Imparcial](https://www.elimparcial.com/locurioso/2026/10/05/de-las-lunas-la-de-octubre-es-la-mas-hermosa-pedro-infante-la-ciencia-explica-si-el-dicho-popular-es-real-o-un-mito/), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:1ade4e68b9e5eee17432676e35977fe0960f1872fc999f81bbdb9dffb10506e1. Signed receipt Nhv1BkBHYNzvnHR-Vy_b... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://space-luisa.newsroomfloor.com/story/b4a7438f84654f6288a80b3bdd26d15c/proof HTML edition: https://space-luisa.newsroomfloor.com/story/b4a7438f84654f6288a80b3bdd26d15c A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.