Moon in Toronto Today — Full Moon

Moon in Toronto — Did You Know?

• ·Toronto's enormous Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and South Asian communities make it one of the world's most lunar-festival-rich cities: Diwali celebrations in Brampton, Tet parade in Mississauga, Chuseok gatherings in North York, and the massive Chinatown Mid-Autumn Moon Festival along Dundas Street West collectively honor the moon across five major cultural traditions every autumn.
• ·Toronto's position on the north shore of Lake Ontario gives it a sweeping southern and eastern water horizon, and the full moon rising over the lake from the eastern Scarborough Bluffs is one of Canada's most spectacular urban moonrise views — the 90-metre-high lakeside cliffs glow amber under the rising moon before it clears the water horizon.
• ·At latitude 43.7°N, Toronto sees the winter full moon reach a maximum altitude of about 70° above the southern horizon — lower than most US cities — giving the moon a noticeably more southerly track across the sky that keeps it in the southern third of the Toronto skyline throughout its transit.