The Palace Museum in Beijing [Photo/IC]

It is reported that where there is no rain, less than 50% cloud cover, a minimum air temperature of 10 C and a lower than 2 wind scale, there will be a moon over cloudless sky or moon accompanied by clouds.

According to weather records from 1951 to 2013, on Mid-Autumn Day, several scenic spots have an over 70% chance of less than 50% cloud cover. They are Tang Paradise in Xi'an, the Palace Museum and Lugou Bridge in Beijing, Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao， Crescent Lake in Dunhuang, Pingtian Lake in Chizhou, Moon Bay in Wuyuan, Mingyue Mountain in Yichun and Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. Of particular note is that the Crescent Lake has had less than 50% cloud cover on Mid-Autumn Day for the past 60 years.