People across Japan were treated to a full moon during the mid-autumn festival on Sept. 21 for the first time in eight years. The moon that rises on Aug. 15 on the lunar calendar, equivalent to Sept.

From wolfing down too many mooncakes to rounding up your entire family to marvel at the full moon, there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same.

With the Mid-Autumn Festival ... the arrival of the full moon for different reasons. In Korea, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month marks an important national festival called Chuseok, also ...

China’s Mid-Autumn Festival takes place on August 15th according to the lunar calendar. People usually mark this festival by having a delicious feast as well as making and giving moon cakes to one ...