The midnight Hong Kong changed hands

At midnight, in the rain, Hong Kong passed from British to Chinese sovereignty. The sky and the weather of that night.

The weather that day

• 26.4 to 28.3 °C, rain, 22.9 mm of rain.
• A southwest wind, 17 km/h on average, and pressure from 1004 to 1006 hPa.

The sky

• Sunrise at 05:43, sunset at 19:11.
• The moon: waning crescent, 18% lit.

Its name

Imbrine: Rain, 22.9 mm of it, over 24 hours, a steady southwest wind, beneath a moon 18% lit.

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