A partial lunar eclipse will occur in Hong Kong's night sky on June 26, and can be viewed by the public if the weather permits, the Hong Kong Observatory said Thursday.

According to Scientific Officer of the Observatory Woo Wang-chun, when the moon rises at 7:08 p.m. that night, the partial lunar eclipse should have already begun. It will reach its maximum at 7: 39 p.m. and end around 10:21 p.m.

The eclipse has an umbral magnitude of 0.542, meaning that 54.2 percent of the moon's diameter will enter the umbra, or total shadow, of the Earth at maximum eclipse, he said.

"As the elevation of the moon is rather low at maximum eclipse, the event is best observed at places with an unobstructed view to the horizon at (Hong Kong's) east-southeast, such as Shek O, Cheung Chau, the east dam of High Island Reservoir and on top of Tai Mo Shan."

The next lunar eclipse observable in Hong Kong will occur on December 21 this year, and it will be a partial eclipse, he added.